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Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, High Priest of Ptah

Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, High Priest of Ptah





Artist : Anonymous

Relationship with : Ptah

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


Description   

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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Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, High Priest of Ptah
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