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Old Kingdom Monumental Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (c. 2686–2181 BCE)

Old Kingdom Monumental Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (c. 2686–2181 BCE)

  1. Hieroglyphic writing used for royal display

    Labels: Narmer Palette, Predynastic Elites

  2. Old Kingdom begins; Memphis-centered kingship

    Labels: Old Kingdom, Memphis

  4. Stone vessel inscriptions stored beneath Djoser

    Labels: Djoser Complex, inscribed vessels

  5. Fourth Dynasty expands royal monument building

    Labels: Fourth Dynasty, pyramid complexes

  6. Wadi al-Jarf papyri show cursive writing use

    Labels: Wadi al-Jarf, Merer Diary

  7. Quarry and expedition texts mark royal activity

    Labels: Wadi Maghareh, quarry inscriptions

  8. Royal Annals tradition recorded on Palermo Stone

    Labels: Palermo Stone, Royal Annals

  9. Elite mastaba false doors standardize offering texts

    Labels: mastaba false, elite tombs

  10. Pyramid Texts first carved in Unas’s pyramid

    Labels: Unas, Pyramid Texts

  11. Sixth Dynasty expands Pyramid Texts tradition

    Labels: Sixth Dynasty, Pyramid Texts

  12. Pepi II decrees carved as public legal monuments

    Labels: Pepi II, royal decree

  13. Old Kingdom ends; inscription practices disperse

    Labels: First Intermediate, inscription dispersal