The Mastaba of Ptahshepses: The Pottery

Ptahhepses was vizier to Sahure. The magnificent mastaba tomb is second only in size to that of Mereruka at Saqqara. First excavated in 1893, work between 1960 and 1974 by the Cezch Institute has shed more light on the more mundance materials left by the earlier excavators. This volume presents a full analysis of the pottery found in the tomb. While most of book is devoted to a catalogue, there are some useful and thoughtful discussions of how different types of vessel were made.