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Often referred to as the 'Butcher's Tomb', the decorated tomb of Irukaptah in the Unis Cemetery at Saqqara has been fully recorded for publication. A well-preserved example of Old Kingdom rock architecture, it retains much of its painted decoration. An outstanding feature is the large number of engaged statues, some left in various stages of completion which provide valuable information on the progressive steps in the execution of rock-cut statuary. The volume includes some comparisons of significant artistic and architectural features with data from other near-contemporary tombs.

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Dr Ann McFarlane is Hon. Associate in Egyptology, Macquarie University, Sydney. She is the author of The God Min to the End of the Old Kingdom (Sydney, 1995), co-author (with N. Kanawati) Akhmim in the Old Kingdom Part I: Chronology and Administration (Sydney, 1992), and editor of BACE 19901999. She has been a participant in Australian excavations of Old Kingdom sites in Egypt for 20 years, currently at Saqqara.

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