Analysis Of King Zoser's Thi This False Door
Culture: Ancient Egyptian- Old Kingdom
Artist: Unknown
Title: False Door
Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E.
Media: Limestone
Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm)
Accession #: 52.22
This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done, it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in the other. They are all modeled in the classic Egyptian style, where they seem to be standing in unrealistic poses; most hold their scepters in a way that look like they would be appearing in front of them, but they are depicted being held behind their back. Throughout the rest of the piece are hieroglyphics, and in the top center appears to be another image of a man sitting; this area has taken damage, so it is impossible to imagine what the rest of the image depicted. …show more content…
They also both have the deceased depicted on the front; in King Zoser’s false door’s case, it is the King Himself. On this one though, according to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, it may depict the priest Iryenakhet. Since it was also only made a few hundred years after King Zoser’s door was, it serves the same purpose; as a doorway that is to be used by the deceased in the afterlife. Both were created using a relief sculpture style, but Iryenakhet’s false door seems to be much more intricately carved and has many more hieroglyphs
Artist: Unknown
Title: False Door
Date: Roughly 2400 B.C.E.
Media: Limestone
Measurements: 61 x 45 3/5 x 4 1/2 in. (154.9 x 115.8 x 11.4 cm)
Accession #: 52.22
This relief sculpture serves more of a religious-function that any aesthetic one. Aside from have some minor damage done, it is nearly perfectly balanced. On the bottom of the piece are four men; two on each side that mirror each other. They all hold what seem to be spears in one hand and a scepter in the other. They are all modeled in the classic Egyptian style, where they seem to be standing in unrealistic poses; most hold their scepters in a way that look like they would be appearing in front of them, but they are depicted being held behind their back. Throughout the rest of the piece are hieroglyphics, and in the top center appears to be another image of a man sitting; this area has taken damage, so it is impossible to imagine what the rest of the image depicted. …show more content…
They also both have the deceased depicted on the front; in King Zoser’s false door’s case, it is the King Himself. On this one though, according to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, it may depict the priest Iryenakhet. Since it was also only made a few hundred years after King Zoser’s door was, it serves the same purpose; as a doorway that is to be used by the deceased in the afterlife. Both were created using a relief sculpture style, but Iryenakhet’s false door seems to be much more intricately carved and has many more hieroglyphs