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Iteti Ankhires

Iteti Ankhires
Iteti Ankhires

Dating from the Old Kingdom and found within his Saqqara Mastaba, this seated Ka statue of Iteti Ankhires is inscribed with the title of, “The Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt”.

A ka statue is a type of ancient Egyptian statue intended to provide a resting place for the ka (life-force or spirit) of the person after death. The ancient Egyptians believed the ka, along with the physical body, the name, the ba (personality or soul), and the šwt (shadow), made up the five aspects of a person. (wiki)

Iteti Ankhires. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 45
Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 45
Dating from the Old Kingdom and found within his Saqqara Mastaba, this seated Ka statue of Iteti Ankhires is inscribed with the title of, "The Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt".
Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 45

Summary:

Seated Ka statue of Iteti Ankhires, inscribed with the title of, “The Great One of the Tens of Upper Egypt”
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c. 2345–2181 B.C.
Found within the Mastaba of Iteti Ankhires (D63), 300 metres north-west of the Step Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara.
Egypian Museum, Cairo. CG 45.

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