Egyptian stelae in Field Museum of Natural History

Abstract

False doors may be seen in position in two Old Kingdom tomb chapels brought from Sakkara and re-erected at the west end of the Egyptian hall.For a detailed account of the development of their forms see Adolf Rusch, "Die Entwicklung der Grabsteinformen im Alten Reich," ZeUschrift filr agyptische Sprache und AUertumskunde, LVIII (1923), pp.101-124.' A late 18th dynasty tomb chapel with two stelae, one of each form, still standing in position, is illustrated by J. E. Quibell and A. G. K. Hayter, Excava- tions at Saqqara: Teli Pyramid, North Side (Le Caire, 1927), Plate 8. ' This name, not noted elsewhere, means: "The heart of the King's son is glad."* May the y^h sign found here represent already in this MiddleKingdomtext the word iff^, one of the terms applied to the dead?' The only Cairo stelae on which this name occurs in this spelling are Nos.20296 and 20540, both of which come from Abydos.The name is feminine, however, in No. 20540 and possibly even in No. 20296.* This title (hkrt ny-swt) seems to be applied to women

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