The Polychrome Hieroglyph Research Project

Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales

This page displays details of the selected Monument. Click on the Monument number to list all individual signs ("occurrences") recorded from that object or structure.

Mon. 24


Monument : Idout
Period : Dynasty VI
Reign(s) : (?)
High Date : 2345
Low Date : 2181
Monument type : Mastaba
Localisation or provenance : Saqqara
References : PM III, 2, 617-619; Smith (1949); Macramallah (1935).

Idout, also known as Seshseshet, was “King’s daughter of his body”. It is unclear of which king she was the daughter. Her tomb was usurped from Ihy, a Chief Justice and Vizier. The occurrences are taken from the list provided in Smith (1949, 366-382).