Fragment of a temple doorpost
Medium:Limestone
Geography: Excavated at Abydos, Egypt
Date: c. 1965-1920 BC
Period: Reign of Senwosret I, 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom
Dimensions:54.8 × 23.4 × 6.5 cm
Object number: 905.2.106
Gallery Location:Galleries of Africa: Egypt
Description
These glyphs once formed part of an inscription carved
onto the doorpost of a temple to the god Osiris at Abydos. The cartouche reads “Kheper-ka-re’ which, was
the throne name of the Twelfth Dynasty king, Senwosret I. The signs beneath the cartouche spell out the
name and the beginning of one of the epithets of the god:
Usir, Khenty -[Imentiu] : Osiris, foremost [of Westerners]. The West was considered to be the land of
the dead, where Osiris ruled.
Object History: Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1902-1904
