Rashepses
| Rashepses | |
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| Vizier | |
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Rashepses as depicted in his tomb in Saqqara. | |
| Burial | Saqqara |
| Issue | Netjer-user? |
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
Rashepses was a vizier from the Fifth dynasty of Egypt. Rashepses was vizier under Djedkare Isesi. A letter directed to Rashepses has been preserved. This decree is inscribed in his tomb in Saqqara.[1]
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| Rashepses (Rˁ-Šp.ss) in hieroglyphs |
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Burial
Rashepses was buried in Saqqara. His mastaba is located north of funerary complex of Djoser among a group of tombs of the fifth dynasty, along with his contemporaries Perneb and Raemka.
The tomb is decorated with classic images of presentation of offerings and a set of scenes related to the funerary cult of the vizier. The underground burial chamber is decorated with paintings. Decorated burial chambers are common at the end of the Fifth Dynasty and in the Sixth Dynasty. The burial chamber of Rashepses might be the earliest decorated one.[2]
In the serdab, a head of a wooden statue was discovered with the type of headdress which became very popular in the Sixth dynasty. This head is now in the Imhotep Museum.