Old Kingdom Finds at Saqqara Necropolis
Imhotep Museum - Museums
Limestone Offering Table of Noble Meryreankh
Found in 2003 in Saqqara in the main Courtyard Tomb of Niankhnisut, the Table is carved as a Reed Mat with 2 holes for drinks to be poured into as part as the Offering Table
Limestone Food Boxes made in the shape of Geese
These would have held the mummified remains of either ducks or geese for the deceased to use in the Afterlife. Found in Abusir in the Tomb of Inti from the 6th Dynasty
Limestone Relief depicting Artisans making stone Vases and Urns
Painted Limestone Pyramid Texts
Limestone Statue of Priest Atjema
Priest Atjema held the Titles, “God’s Servant of the Sun Temple of Sahure and Royal Wab Priest”
Limestone Statue of Scribe, Judge and Noble Ptahshepses
Found in his Tomb at Saqqara. On his lap, the Papyrus is a request for Offerings to be brought to his Tomb on Festivals
Wooden Statue of an Official
The Statue does not carry any inscriptions so no one knows for certain who it is. It was found in Pharaoh Teti’s Pyramid Cemetery at Saqqara
Wooden Head depicting Vizier and Chief Justice Imhotep for Pharaoh Djoser
Limestone False Door of Overseer Meri and his wife, Bebty
Found in the Cemetery next to Teti’s Pyramid Complex at Saqqara, this False Door would have been the focus for their Offering Cult
