#mereruka

[egypt-museum]

Mastaba of Mereruka

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2340 BC.

Saqqara necropolis

[samiaelsaid]

Statue of Mereruka in his tomb, 1897, mastaba of Mereruka, Saqqara Necropolis, giza, Egypt

https://en.topwar.ru/258583-mastaba-mereruka-gippopotam-protiv-krokodila.html

[kemetic-dreams]

[mostly-history]

False door with a statue of Mereruka in his mastaba.

[totenbuch]

Copying texts and scenes in the tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara, circa 1934.

[egypt-museum]

Relief depicting dancing girls

Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2345-2181 BC.

Mastaba of Mereruka, Saqqara Necropolis.

[free0rder]

[barqueofthenile]

This is the false door found in the tomb of Mereruka. Relatives of the decease would place food on the slab so that the ka of the individual could eat and drink in the afterlife. What is interesting is that the backs of the ka would have chapter 6 of the Book of the Afterlife on their backs which ensured the shabti of the owner was called upon at any time to do any kind of compulsory labour. The shabti therefore would respond and perform the duty instead of its owner.