False door of Sheshi. Sheshi and his wife sit at tables laid with slices of bread. Small images and text invoke more offerings. In a playful detail on the jambs a son and daughter call for their parents' attention. Sheshi was a royal scribe and inspector of priests - likely those performing the mortuary cult of Khufu in the dead king's pyramid complex. Sheshi's full official name was Neferseshem-Khufu: 'Khufu's guidance is perfect'.
Five-point cross and a crescent on the False door of SheshiFalse door of SheshiSheshi and his wife...
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