No. 6433 · dated by century
Sekhem-Ka
c. 30th century BCOfficialAfrica · c. 2950 BC
Sekhem-Ka was a royal treasurer and a high ranking official of the King Djet of the First Dynasty. He was the owner of one of the huge mastabas built for the principal officials of the dynasty, the so-called the “Great Ones” at Saqqara. Sekhem-Ka was buried according to his social positon – with 62 retainers and a large quantity of finest artifacts, stone vessels, furniture, pottery, flint implements, games and weapons to be at his disposal in the afterlife.
