Description
Name owner: Ptahhotep
Title owner: The Osiris, the Godsfather
Dimensions (hxwxd): 6.0 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Translation hieroglyphs: The Osiris, the Godsfather, Ptahhotep
Preservation: Feet lost and replaced. Rest excellent.
R-R: 141.6
Provenance: Philip Paterson of Fife Estate, ex. UK auction house.
Comments: Another complete example in Petrie, pl. 113, no. 626; UC4015.
A Godsfather title, tranliteration it-ntjr, refers to a group of elderly priest who were allowed to enter the deepest insides of the temple (contrary to the Wab-priests who were only cleaning the outer parts of a temple).