Akhet-Hotep Chapel

The False Door:

The inscription:

"May the king and Anubis grant an invocation offerings of bread and beer to him in the necropolis as daily rations every day."

"May Anubis, lord of the sacred land grant his burial in the necropolis, and a very happy old age as to one who is deserving."

"May Osiris, lord of Busiris grant his burial in the necropolis city in the western desert."

" appears to have belonged to a family of high officials of the fifth dynasty, beginning (at least) with his father, whose mastaba (D62) is located next to that of his own.His son (Akhethotep's son), also Ptahhotep, shares in a small way this mastaba.From the inscriptions it can be observed that Akhethotep held the titles :- Supreme judge and vizier - wazeer - (minister).- Superintendent of the great court- First after the king- Staff of the people- Priest of Ma'at- High priest of the beautiful pyramid of Djed-Ka-ra- Superintendent of the two granaries.and many more .....From the point of view of the ka, the false door which forms the west wall of the chamber was the entrance to this, the reception room of his eternal house.a central inset section, originally painted to resemble planks of wood, with three door jambs on either side.On each side, these are set back from each other, the outermost being almost as deeply set as the central door.The outer jambs are edged by vertical half-rounded narrow columns.At the base of the false door is a simple low offering table, for the placement of cult offerings, cut from the same stone used for the lower part of the wall.on the jambs end with the name and a standing figure of the deceased and are identical on both sides. The inscriptions are of the formula:Akhethotep is described here asAt first glance the content of the northern and southern halves of the chamber appear to be mirror images, but this is not the case.For example, the walls of the north and south annexes differ in that they contain, on their west walls, the presentation of wild animals and oxen respectively.