الباب الوهمي ل mrwt من الأسرة السادسة في هليوبوليس

Abstract EN

The false door is considered an important element of the architectural elements in ancient Egypt, especially in the Old Kingdom, as it was an entrance to the soul from the ancient Egyptian perspective andwithin the framework of that importance, the current paper is concerned with the study and publication of a false door of a woman named Merwt, which was discovered in the area of Ain Shams.

It is currently preserved in the museum of El-Masla at El-Matariya under registration No.

174after it was transferred from the magazine of Arab El-Hesn at El-Matariya, which was previously preserved under No.

1292 in the Antiquities Registry No.

1, and by studying its design style, the method of depicting the offering table and the hieroglyphic textscontained on it, which include the name of the door owner, who is called Merwt and her titles, it could be dated to the Old Kingdom era, specifically the Sixth Dynasty.