By Jacqueline Engel
Bust of the chief lector priest Kaaper
called Sheikh El-Balad
This statue, found at Saqqara, came from the tomb of Kaaper and depicts him in his youth as a toll slim young man.
The statue would have stood at the back of the offering chapel in his tomb along with the other statue of Kaaper.
Next to him: Upper part of statue of wife of the chief lector priest Kaaper, called ‘Sheikh El-Balad
This statue was discovered in the same mastaba as the statue of Kaaper.
It is therefore thought to belong to his wife.
It shows a woman with a wig with a straight hairstyle and central parting.
She wears a tight dress and the usekh, a wide collar, which are both typical of Old Kingdom fashion.
His mastaba, a flat-roofed tomb (named “Saqqara C8”) was discovered by Auguste Mariette in the Saqqara necropolis, just north of the Step Pyramid of Djoser.
5th Dynasty Old Kingdom
Saqqara
Egyptian Museum Cairo
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