When photographs where still allowed in the Cairo Museum Thierry Benderitter took those shots of the end of a sarcophagus. The label says that it is the sacrophagus of Lady Sat-hedj-hetep, D XII, from Deir el Bersha, but the Thames and Hudson book The Cairo Museum Masterpieces of Egyptian Art (Francesci Tiradritti) says that it is the coffin of Sepi (JE32868). The figure in the oval shape looks more like Bes than anything but the book says that it is a representation of the dead Osiris. The large hieroglyphs at the top read "Venerable in the presence of Nephyths who is below your head, the Chief of the army, Sepi, true of voice".
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