Inscriptions
The side panels usually are covered in inscriptions naming the deceased along with their titles, and a series of standardized offering formulas. These texts extol the virtues of the deceased and express positive wishes for the afterlife.
For example, the false door of Ankhires reads:
- "The scribe of the house of the god's documents, the stolist of Anubis, follower of the great one, follower of Tjentet, Ankhires."
The lintel reads:
- "His eldest son it was, the lector priest Medunefer, who made this for him."
The left and right outer jambs read:
- "An offering which the king and which Anubis,
- who dwells in the divine tent-shrine, give for burial in the west,
- having grown old most perfectly.
- "His eldest son it was, the lector priest Medunefer,
- who acted on his behalf when he was buried in the necropolis.
- The scribe of the house of the god's documents, Ankhires."
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Famous quotes containing the word inscriptions:
““Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. Bribery and corruption are common. Children no longer obey their parents. . . . The end of the world is evidently approaching.” Sound familiar? It is, in fact, the lament of a scribe in one of the earliest inscriptions to be unearthed in Mesopotamia, where Western civilization was born.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)