Sarcophagus of Kheper-Re
Photo ©Joan Ann Lansberry, 2014
Photo ©Joan Ann Lansberry, 2014
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"While most of the tombs at Giza date to the Old Kingdom, the time of the pyramids, the cemetary experienced several periods of reuse and revitalization. One such period was the Saite, or Dynasty 26, at the end of which the general Kheper-Re was buried in the field of tombs east of the Great Pyramid. "The tomb had ten chambers. Five held sarcophagi, probably containing other members of the general's family. Kheper-Re's sarcophagus is typical of the period of the period in representing a mummiform figure wearing a tripartite wig with lappets resting on the chest, the beard of Osisis, and a broad collar necklace. Kheper-Re's name and title appear in the vertical lines of text below the broad collar along with the names of the Four Sons of Horus, deities who protected the internal organs. The fifteen-line inscription on the sarcophagus lid contains a passage from the Book of the Dead. Passages from the Pyramid Texts, prayers originally written for the Old Kingdom pharaohs, are also inscribed on the sarcophagus, part of this period's revival of venerated ancient customs." (From the info card) |
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I first thought the figure above was Ptah or Ptah-Sokar. The glyphs above it are hard to make out, but I could see the twisted rope and two geese. Twisted rope made me think Ptah, but what about those GEESE?. The direction of the text has it beginning with the 'H' sound, however. I did some digging.
The info card says the "names of the Four Sons of Horus" are below the collar. I could recognize the glyphs of Duamutef above the mummiform figure to the right of 'mystery mummiform', yet the glyphs George Hart gives in his dictionary don't look at all like those glyphs:
 Glyphs for Hapy and Duamutef...
 Glyphs for Hapy...
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