Slab of king Rahotep

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 21 March 2016
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Slab of king Rahotep

This limestone fragment depicts a standing man, who faces to the right. The hieroglyphic inscriptions read "official of property of the king(or one known to the king) Rahotep". From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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