Ty mastaba

Left (west) part of the wall

A group of officials head towards the entry of the chapel. On the left are two sub-registers, the top one containing a monkey being led on a lease by a dwarf waving a stick (or possibly a sceptre) in his hand. Below are two hounds with pointed ears and curly tails, again on leashes, being led by a naked young man. On the left, at the end of the main parade is: (1) "a follower". Next is (2) "the overseer of linen", then (3) "a hairdresser", then (4) "a manicurist", next (5) "the porter of the seal". In front of him is another (6) "follower" and finally (at the front) is (7) "an archivist".

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The mastaba-tomb of Ty , in Saqqara, is one of the most famous of the Old Kingdom, remarkable for the diversity and relevance of topics, as well as for the quality of execution of its reliefs and their state of conservation.

The mastaba, identified as N°60 (according to Jacques de Morgan) or D22 (according to Mariette), is situated a few hundred metres to the northwest of the step pyramid of Djoser and about 150 metres from the entranceway leading into the Serapeum. The Serapeum is the set of underground galleries (catacombs) where the Apis bulls were buried, considered to be sacred as the living image of the god Ptah of Memphis. (The Serapeum, currently closed for reasons of security, being deemed as unsafe, is under restoration/conservation and should open again shortly: drhawass.com).

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