Prince Kawab
As already stated, Kawab the son of Kheops, who should have inherited the throne, was the father of Meresankh.
He is depicted as a portly man striding towards the chamber of ten statues, and done so in a manner unrelated to the rest of the scenes on the wall behind him. The representation of him may be realistic: his face, well portrayed, indicates a figure of authority, with a high forehead, fleshy lips and an aquiline nose. It is difficult to decide whether ...his hair is natural or a wig.
He is shown clad in a large non-pleated kilt descending to below his knees, and wearing a necklace made from rows (blue, white then blue again) of pearls. Draped over this he has a chain of different-sized pearls, terminating in a heart-shaped amulet. In addition he has bracelets on his wrists. According to Dunham: "Across his chest and under the beads and pendant are traces of the broad diagonal white band of a lector priest". Even with a close-up photograph it is not now possible to identify the band Dunham describes.
In his right hand Kawab is holding a long yellow staff and his left there is a piece of folded cloth.
Above his head is an inscription in six columns: "Her father, the prince, the king’s eldest son of his body, chief lector priest, director of the divine office, in the service of Duwa, Kawab".
As already stated, Kawab the son of Kheops, who should have inherited the throne, was the father of Meresankh.
He is depicted as a portly man striding towards the chamber of ten statues, and done so in a manner unrelated to the rest of the scenes on the wall behind him. The representation of him may be realistic: his face, well portrayed, indicates a figure of authority, with a high forehead, fleshy lips and an aquiline nose. It is difficult to decide whether ...his hair is natural or a wig.
He is shown clad in a large non-pleated kilt descending to below his knees, and wearing a necklace made from rows (blue, white then blue again) of pearls. Draped over this he has a chain of different-sized pearls, terminating in a heart-shaped amulet. In addition he has bracelets on his wrists. According to Dunham: "Across his chest and under the beads and pendant are traces of the broad diagonal white band of a lector priest". Even with a close-up photograph it is not now possible to identify the band Dunham describes.
In his right hand Kawab is holding a long yellow staff and his left there is a piece of folded cloth.
Above his head is an inscription in six columns: "Her father, the prince, the king’s eldest son of his body, chief lector priest, director of the divine office, in the service of Duwa, Kawab".
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G7530-40, the double-mastaba of Meresankh III and its rock-cut chapel, G7530sub
G7530-40, the double-mastaba of Meresankh III and its rock-cut chapel, G7530sub
G7530-40, the double-mastaba of Meresankh III 
and its rock-cut chapel, G7530sub
and its rock-cut chapel, G7530sub 
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