Tomb of Ptahhotep
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The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tomb of Ptahhotep canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
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archaeological site ⓘ mastaba tomb ⓘ |
| approximateDate | circa 25th century BCE ⓘ |
| architecturalType | mastaba ⓘ |
| artStyle | Old Kingdom relief sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Osiris
ⓘ
Ptah ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Egyptian art site
ⓘ
Old Kingdom tomb in Saqqara ⓘ |
| civilization |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
source for Old Kingdom social history
ⓘ
source for ancient Egyptian ethics ⓘ |
| decoration | polychrome reliefs ⓘ |
| depicts |
agricultural activities
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banquet scenes ⓘ craft production ⓘ hunting and fishing ⓘ musicians and dancers ⓘ offering bearers ⓘ scribes at work ⓘ |
| discoveredInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| dynasty | Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| function | elite burial monument ⓘ |
| hasOccupant | Ptahhotep ⓘ |
| hasPart |
burial shaft
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chapel ⓘ offering room ⓘ serdab ⓘ subterranean burial chamber ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Memphis and its Necropolis UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscriptionsLanguage | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Memphis necropolis
ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form:
Saqqara
|
| material | limestone ⓘ |
| near | Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ |
| notableFor |
didactic inscriptions
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moral teachings ⓘ scenes of daily life ⓘ well-preserved reliefs ⓘ |
| occupantRole | high official ⓘ |
| occupantTitle | vizier ⓘ |
| owner | Ptahhotep ⓘ |
| period | Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| region | Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Egyptian funerary cult ⓘ |
| writingSystem | hieroglyphs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.