Relief, Tomb of Ty, Saqqara, Egypt

Scribes recording goods, with steward Sheset-seped, archivist Imem and scribes Hen and Hemmu (left-right), painted relief, on the west wall of the offerings storeroom in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Scribes recording goods, with steward Sheset-seped, archivist Imem and scribes Hen and Hemmu (left-right), painted relief, on the west wall of the offerings storeroom in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen