Djeho (Djeder) (c. 346 BCE) was a man who lived during ancient Egypt’s Late Period. He was buried in Saqqara in an elaborate granite sarcophagus in his patron Tjaiharpta’s tomb. His presence in the tomb and the quality of the sarcophagus indicates his favored status with his patron. Djeho is depicted on the sarcophagus naked, with the proportions of dwarfism in a profile stance. Inscriptions on the sarcophagus’s lid reveal that he was a dancer who performed in funerary ceremonies of the cults of the Apis and Memphis sacred bulls. Unlike the other people with dwarfism’s biographies here from ancient Egypt, Djeho’s patron was a non-royal elite. Find the full Ancient Egypt and Disability zine free here : https://linktr.ee/disabilityark #disabilitystudies #ancientegypt #egyptology #egypt #disability
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