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under this title. The names N 6, 10, 11, 13,
are written without -r in the corridor and in
Ptahhetep's chapel ; there are two estates
(S 4 and N 5) named alike in different nomes,
and two in the same nome (Nil and 13). So
that even when two instances of the name
occur, identity cannot be guaranteed. It may
be indeed that this tornb offers the only sure
instance of transference of property from father
to son.
Fa mily Relationships.
37. The name Ptahhetep is fairly common
during the Vth Dynasty, thongh the presump-
tion is that all officials bearing it belonged to
the same family connection. Äkhethetep is a
much rarer name. The following is a list of
those buried at Saqqäreh who bear either of
these names. Close relationship can hardly be
claimed for more than the last four.
Mae., Mast, D 51
C 71
D 62
V)
5J
II
I) 64
E 17
Ptahhetep (son Ptahhetep-ur)
Ptahhetep-desher )
Ptahhetep (son Ptahhetep) 3
Ptahhetep I. (son Äkhethetep)
( Äkhethetep I. (son Ptahhetep) ~)
"/ Ptahhetep IL (sons PtahlieteP) (
Äkhethetep) J
Äkhethetep II.
late Userkaf (?).
(?)
Neferarkara (?) and early Assa.
Assa.
Unas.
It will be seen that the Suggestion (Part L,
p. 2) that the Ptahhetep of this mastaba is the
father of its other occupant has been reversed.
The reasons for this decision follow.
38. It is fairly certain from the titles and
property of Ptahhetep I. (Mar., Mast., D 62)
that he is closely connected with the family
to which our mastaba belongs. Ptahhetep 1.
and II. and Äkhethetep I. apparently fall
within Assa's lifetime, but as the two latter
are both priests of his pyramid they must
be put as late in the reign as possible.
Ptahhetep I. is erpa ha, ta sab tha, titles
which he seems to inherit from a still earlier
Ptahhetep (Mae., Mast, G 7). Äkhethetep
loses the first, but preserves the second; Ptah-
hetep II. has neither. As we have seen,
Ptahhetep I. seems to inherit by direct suc-
cession from Thy estates which were afterwards
scattered. For these reasons he may be placed
first.
1 AlsoL. D., ii. 101-104 (?).
39. This point being granted, the evidence
suggests that Äkhethetep, son of Ptahhetep I.,
is identical with the official buried in our
mastaba. While Ptahhetep II. has only one
estate which he could have inherited from his
namesake, Äkhethetep I. presents somewhat
larger claims to be his heir; but the succession
to property is small in either case. The titles
also to which Äkhethetep I. succeeds comprise
many more of his predecessor's than do those
of Ptahhetep II.; and while the chief physician
Unnefer appears in the tombs both of Ptah-
hetep I. and Äkhethetep, his name does not
occur in the S. chapel. Since the inscriptions
contain nothing decisive, evidence of priority
will naturally be sought in the construction of
the mastaba. If either of the chapels was built
as an afterthought it must rather be that of
Ptahhetep, since the Chambers on the north
would only be constructed to serve the western
chapel. But in the absence of any sufficient
evidence we must assume that both chapels
belong to the original plan. The three
mastabas, Mae., Mast, D G2, 63 and 64, which
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under this title. The names N 6, 10, 11, 13,
are written without -r in the corridor and in
Ptahhetep's chapel ; there are two estates
(S 4 and N 5) named alike in different nomes,
and two in the same nome (Nil and 13). So
that even when two instances of the name
occur, identity cannot be guaranteed. It may
be indeed that this tornb offers the only sure
instance of transference of property from father
to son.
Fa mily Relationships.
37. The name Ptahhetep is fairly common
during the Vth Dynasty, thongh the presump-
tion is that all officials bearing it belonged to
the same family connection. Äkhethetep is a
much rarer name. The following is a list of
those buried at Saqqäreh who bear either of
these names. Close relationship can hardly be
claimed for more than the last four.
Mae., Mast, D 51
C 71
D 62
V)
5J
II
I) 64
E 17
Ptahhetep (son Ptahhetep-ur)
Ptahhetep-desher )
Ptahhetep (son Ptahhetep) 3
Ptahhetep I. (son Äkhethetep)
( Äkhethetep I. (son Ptahhetep) ~)
"/ Ptahhetep IL (sons PtahlieteP) (
Äkhethetep) J
Äkhethetep II.
late Userkaf (?).
(?)
Neferarkara (?) and early Assa.
Assa.
Unas.
It will be seen that the Suggestion (Part L,
p. 2) that the Ptahhetep of this mastaba is the
father of its other occupant has been reversed.
The reasons for this decision follow.
38. It is fairly certain from the titles and
property of Ptahhetep I. (Mar., Mast., D 62)
that he is closely connected with the family
to which our mastaba belongs. Ptahhetep 1.
and II. and Äkhethetep I. apparently fall
within Assa's lifetime, but as the two latter
are both priests of his pyramid they must
be put as late in the reign as possible.
Ptahhetep I. is erpa ha, ta sab tha, titles
which he seems to inherit from a still earlier
Ptahhetep (Mae., Mast, G 7). Äkhethetep
loses the first, but preserves the second; Ptah-
hetep II. has neither. As we have seen,
Ptahhetep I. seems to inherit by direct suc-
cession from Thy estates which were afterwards
scattered. For these reasons he may be placed
first.
1 AlsoL. D., ii. 101-104 (?).
39. This point being granted, the evidence
suggests that Äkhethetep, son of Ptahhetep I.,
is identical with the official buried in our
mastaba. While Ptahhetep II. has only one
estate which he could have inherited from his
namesake, Äkhethetep I. presents somewhat
larger claims to be his heir; but the succession
to property is small in either case. The titles
also to which Äkhethetep I. succeeds comprise
many more of his predecessor's than do those
of Ptahhetep II.; and while the chief physician
Unnefer appears in the tombs both of Ptah-
hetep I. and Äkhethetep, his name does not
occur in the S. chapel. Since the inscriptions
contain nothing decisive, evidence of priority
will naturally be sought in the construction of
the mastaba. If either of the chapels was built
as an afterthought it must rather be that of
Ptahhetep, since the Chambers on the north
would only be constructed to serve the western
chapel. But in the absence of any sufficient
evidence we must assume that both chapels
belong to the original plan. The three
mastabas, Mae., Mast, D G2, 63 and 64, which
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