Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, High Priest of Ptah

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Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, High Priest of Ptah


Artist : Anonymous Relationship with : Ptah Time of : Shepseskaf Mykérinos ( Menkaou Rê) Date : near 2380 B.C. Sizes : 3.66 m high Material : Painted limestone	British Museum Egyptian sculpture Ground Floor - Section 4 Item 15 on 62 Ancient Egypt Element of architecture Area related Saqqara (Egypte) Site related : Saqqarah

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Ptahshepse was the High Priest of Ptah. The two right-hand columns of text state that he was among the royal children in the reigns of Menkaure and Shepseskaf, the last two major kings of the Fourth Dynasty.

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Saqqarah :
Mastaba de Mérérouka

Fausse-porte
Porte
VIème dynastie
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