Relief scene of priests and attendants performing rites and bringing offerings to Khety
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Khety was the first recorded royal treasurer (\u201coverseer of what is sealed\u201d) of Mentuhotep II (ca. 2051\u20132000 B.C.). Royal treasurers ranked directly under the pharaoh, on the same level with the vizier and the royal chief steward. The tomb of Khety was situated high up in the cliffs at Deir el-Bahri, near the mortuary complex of his monarch. The relief fragments that are displayed here derive from the tomb\u2019s entrance passage.The relief fragments displayed together here come from depictions of offering-bearers and priests performing rites in front of the tomb owner. In the second register, inscriptions identify a \u201cchamberlain\u201d and a \u201clector priest,\u201d as well as a sem priest (dressed in a leopard skin) who performs the offering invocation. In the bottom register is a scribe with a papyrus roll followed by a \u201cgardener\u201d carrying a basket full of fruit. Below the basket, an inscription refers to the tomb owner himself: \u201cthe truly beloved of his lord, the overseer of the interior [father's name missing] son Khety.\u201dFree picture Relief scene of priests and attendants performing rites and bringing offerings to Khety integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
