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Inb(w) hd "White wall(s)": A Town or White Limestone Cliffs?

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2012

Abstract

The text on a Fifth Dynasty sealing found in the pyramid complex of Raneferef is a rare piece of historical evidence confirming the commonly accepted presumption that inb in Ptah's epithet was merely an abbreviated from of "Inb(w) hd and, at the same time, suggesting that the enclosure wall of 'Ibn(w) hd was very probably decorated with the "Prunkscheintür"-pattern.