This statue of Sa-Hathor set on a flat base shows him seated cross-legged. The arms and hands are placed flat on the thighs in the posture of prayer. The official is wearing a wig which falls onto his shoulders and a long kilt which completely covers his legs.
[1] An offering which the king gives to the Ennead, [2] (so that) they may give a funerary offering, (consisting of) oxen, fowl, alabaster, linen, and all [3] good and pure things on which a god lives, to the venerable, beloved of Ptah- [4]Sokar, the overseer of the workplace for the divine offering, [5] Sa-Hathor, son of Nemti the justified, lord of veneration.
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