Neferhotep (Twelfth Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, c. 1850 BC) was a harpist employed in the household of Iky, the Overseer of Priests at Abydos. He was grossly fat; in one of his two surviving stelae, which were let to be placed in Ikys cenotaph, he is shown reach forward, in gluttonous anticipation, for the important pile of fruits, meat and sweetmeats which have been provided for his afterlife.
He has a second stela which gives an penetration into the course of a small Egyptians life around the start of the second millenary BC. Neferhotep was provided with the stela, which calls on the gods to be merciful to him, by his idolized friend, the Carrier of Bricks, Nebsumenu. The stela itself has been carved, not especially skilfully, by The Draughtsman Rensonbs son Sonbau.
Neferhotep is shown playing for the pleasure of his employer and his wife on their funerary stela. The offerings piled before them must have been a sore temptation.
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He has a second stela which gives an penetration into the course of a small Egyptians life around the start of the second millenary BC. Neferhotep was provided with the stela, which calls on the gods to be merciful to him, by his idolized friend, the Carrier of Bricks, Nebsumenu. The stela itself has been carved, not especially skilfully, by The Draughtsman Rensonbs son Sonbau.
Neferhotep is shown playing for the pleasure of his employer and his wife on their funerary stela. The offerings piled before them must have been a sore temptation.
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· Khepesh
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