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Sarcophagus of Ptahhotep

Ptahhotep

Greywacke lid of the sarcophagus of the Steward of the Treasury Ptahhotep, son of Horenpetnakht, inscribed with a text from the book of the Dead, Chapter 72.*

*From a sign board nest to the sarcophagus.

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10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 30th 2015

10 Responses to “Sarcophagus of Ptahhotep”

  1. james higham says:
    March 30, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    No relation to Imhotep?

  2. Sackerson says:
    March 31, 2015 at 8:53 am

    Looks like a secret smile – he knows something you don’t.

  3. London Caller says:
    March 31, 2015 at 9:49 am

    That’s a happy coffin! :)

  4. Andrew MacLaren-Scott says:
    April 1, 2015 at 12:41 am

    Nice smile. Big ears. Interesting. Different. Looks a bit smug to me.

  5. J_on_tour says:
    April 5, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    Your serious post seems to have acquired a lot of Facebook style comments :-) So just to add to that … he looks like he’s just won at a game of hide and seek :-)