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. 8


Monument : IryenkaPtah
Period : Dynasty V
Reign(s) : Nyuserra - Unas (?)
High Date : 2445
Low Date : 2345
Monument type : Mastaba
Localisation or provenance : Saqqara
References : PM III, 2, 644; Moussa and Jung (1975).

IryenkaPtah was “Master butcher of the Great House and Overseer of beef fat”. The occurrences are taken from the list provided in Moussa and Jung (1975, 49-50). The samples from this tomb are mostly included in Mon.7 (Sekhentiyu and NeferseshemPtah). Only exceptions are given here.