AR / ITEM / 00100183
Carrying Chair of Queen Hetepheres I
Ancient Egyptian · maker unknown
Royal carrying chair from the funerary equipment of Queen Hetepheres I, mother of Khufu, reconstructed in wood with gold- and silver-covered carrying poles and an inlaid inscription naming the queen.
- Date
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
- Collection
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Reference
- 6362
Plate not recorded
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Record
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Medium
- Wood; gold; silver
- Dimensions
- Height 56.6 cm; width 64 cm; length 207.5 cm
- Origin
- Egypt
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Ancient EgyptA
- Culture of origin
- Old Kingdom of EgyptA
Provenance and history
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
CreatedA
Sources
- A
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