The mastaba of Ty at Saqqara

The pillars measured about 3.9m in height. At the time of the discovery of the monument they were broken to half of their height, and the lintel which they supported was buried in the sand.

On each pillar, Ty is represented at the bottom, facing the entry. Above him can be found part of his titles,

"the unique friend, Ty". This title appears to be the one to which he attached the greatest value, because it is found almost everywhere.

The two representations are of slightly different in height, the one on the right is a little smaller than the one on the left, but the base ground level has been raised on the right, probably in order to compensate for the difference. The representations and the hieroglyphs are in sunken relief, presumably they were originally coloured.
On both sides, Ty has a naked chest and he wears kilt with a triangular front. His chin is decorated with a short square beard, and he wears a long striped wig which descends behind his shoulders. Around his neck spreads a large necklace. At first sight these appear to be mirror images, the scenes (and the writing) being reversed from one pillar to another. However, on the left-hand pillar, he holds a long staff with his left hand and in his right is a sekhem-sceptre, his emblems of office. On the right-hand pillar these are held in the other hands and strangely, the sceptre, which is now held in his left hand, passes behind him. This, which appears very strange, is actually impossible to achieve.
The hieroglyphs have benefited from a quality of execution, and by enlarging the image it is possible to distinguish the twists of the rope heiroglyph as well as the streaks of the feather glyph

The other faces of the pillars are uninscribed.

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