Burial chamber of User, West side

Middle Kingdom

ca. 1950–1750 B.C.

Not on view

User, whose principal title was Steward, was buried in a shaft tomb south of the mastaba enclosure of Senwosretankh at Lisht. His burial chamber was lined with limestone blocks that are now part of the Museum's collection. The blocks are inscribed in black paint with extracts from the Pyramid Texts, a collection of magical spells designed to assist first royalty, and later some private people, in their transfiguration after death and eternal life in the Hereafter

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Title: Burial chamber of User, West side
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Date: ca. 1950–1750 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Tomb of User, south of the tomb of Senwosretankh, Pit 47 or 48, MMA excavations, 1932–33
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: 317.5 kg (700 lb.)
Crate: 47 × 44 × 13 in. (119.4 × 111.8 × 33 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1933
Object Number: 33.1.173c
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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