Relief from the False Door of Khent-en-ka
Relief from the False Door of Khent-en-ka
Place of OriginTomb chapel of Khent-en-ka at Giza.
DateOld Kingdom, late Dynasty 5, 2500-2420 BCE
DimensionsH: 60 5/8 in. (154 cm); W: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
MediumLimestone with paint.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1925.523
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
Hayes, William C. The Scepter of Egypt, New York: Harper and Bros. with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953, vol I, p. 90-94, figs. 53 and 49.
Luckner, Kurt T., "The Art of Egypt, Part I." Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 1971, p. 10 -11, repr. figs. 9 & 10.
Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 36, repr. (col.) p. 37, (det.) p. 36.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 5, 2500-2420 BCE.
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE.
Dynasty VIII (1570-1349 BCE), Amarna Period (1372-1353 BCE)
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
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