Abstrakt
The existence of the cult of Sekhmet of Sahura in the king's pyramid temple has been acknowledged since a long ago. It developed around the mid-18th Dynasty in the south-eastern part of the Old Kingdom monument.
Even though a number of related finds were published at the beginning of 20th century, so far relatively little attention was paid to the pottery and other types of small finds and their respective find contexts. The present article focuses on a New Kingdom assemblage excavated by the Egyptian mission under the direction of the first author during the spring season 2019 in the upper northern part of the causeway of Sahura.
This assemblage yielded remains of two faience vessels inscribed for royalty - Sethy I and Maathorneferura, the Hittite wife of Ramesses II - as well as pottery, including blue painted fragments. As both - blue painted pottery and faience vessels - are considered to be charged with symbolic meanings, they might have been used in rites performed in the site.
The article seeks to present these objects in their archaeological and historical context, in order to explain and discuss their presence in central Abusir.