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For a similar example see p. 32, fig. 24 in Schmitz, "Ägypten in Hildesheim."
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
Old Kingdom, Dynasty VI, 2323-2150 B.C.
In sunk relief, the deceased to the right facing left depicted as a corpulent official, wearing sandals, kilt and broad collar, holding the baton of authority in his right hand, a kherep-scepter in his left, the left side with two registers of four offering bearers facing right, two carrying geese, another with a leg of beef, and the other with a libation, identified by their accompanying inscriptions as "Pepy-soneb, the soul priest," "Rudji, the inspector of soul priests," and "Weseri," to the far left a figure of a recumbant dog, and a linear decorative border framing the left side, 29in. (73.7cm.) long
Old Kingdom, Dynasty VI, 2323-2150 B.C.
In sunk relief, the deceased to the right facing left depicted as a corpulent official, wearing sandals, kilt and broad collar, holding the baton of authority in his right hand, a kherep-scepter in his left, the left side with two registers of four offering bearers facing right, two carrying geese, another with a leg of beef, and the other with a libation, identified by their accompanying inscriptions as "Pepy-soneb, the soul priest," "Rudji, the inspector of soul priests," and "Weseri," to the far left a figure of a recumbant dog, and a linear decorative border framing the left side, 29in. (73.7cm.) long