False door of Tjetji and Debet, different crosses, ichthys
European Museums, The British MuseumFour-point cross, crescent, triangle, deer head and other symbols on the false door of Tjetji and his wife Debet
On the door jambs Tjetji and Debet are joined by children and grandchildren, shown smaller on account of their lower status. Tjetji wears the leopard skin of a priest. He worked in the pyramid complex of King Khafra, directing rotas of lower clergy. Debet was a priestess of the goddesses Hathor and Neith.
4th Dynasty, about 2500 B.C.
From Giza, tomb of Tjetji
Limestone
Supplementary images:
Four-point cross, crescent, triangle, deer head and other symbols on the false door of Tjetji and Debet
Taken on Friday 14th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
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crescent
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deer
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heart
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horns
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ichthys
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jesus fish
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Genre:
2500 B.C.
Source: London, United Kingdom
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