Prince Rahotep

Rahotep, (r’-htp(.w) - satisfied in god Ra ), was a prince, the son of the Pharaoh Sneferu and his first wife Hetepheres I, in ancient Egypt during the 4th Dynasty, reign of his father Sneferu possibly his brother Khufu too..

Biography

Tomb The tomb was uncovered by Auguste Mariette in 1871 and its detailed research was described by Petrie in 1892. The body of it is, however, all built of bricks throughout, and is now about 6.6 m high, after most of the gravel top is gone. It was on the plan that it was at first symmetrical 52 m long, and 33 m wide, with a central pit, two false doors on the East face, and a second pit nearly behind the North door. Inside the innermost south - west corner is a division in the mass of brickwork, which can hardly have any meaning in terms of design, as it runs too close to the chamber. Afterwards it was enlarged on the South, and west, and a large addition was made on the North, marked as the "annex". The decorations of the tomb walls were badly damaged and only partial drawings were identified as presented by Petrie. Rahotep’s titles were inscribed on a magnificent statue of him which, with a statue of his wife, was excavated from his mastabas at Meidum in 1871 by Auguste Mariette. These describe him as "High Priest of Ra at Heliopolis" (with the added title, "Unique to Heliopolis, Ra's town of Greatest of Seers"), "Director of Expeditions and Supervisor of Works". He also has a title given to high nobility, "The son of the king, begotten of his body". Nofret and Rahotep had three sons Djedi, Itu and Neferkau and three daughters, Mereret, Nedjemib and Sethtet as they are depicted in Rahotep's tomb. Overall, the frescoes provide a picture of the grandmaster's life before ~26. centuries BC. A similar image is also provided by the tomb of Rahotep's brother Nefermaat Meidum No. 16 80px

Representations of Rahotep

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