Ukhhotep II

Ukhhotep II (wḫ-ḥtp; Waḫ-ḥotep; also Wekhhotep) was an ancient Egyptian official during the reign of pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty.

The tomb stands from floor to ceiling at 270 cm with a small undecorated doorway leading to the burial chamber.

Examples of images include boat-building, papyrus harvesting, war, Ukhhotep sitting with his wife, offerings, etc.

[3] The tomb has been remarked because of a certain grade of realism of its reliefs: among the depictions, there are several herdsmen in evident state of starvation, a man who has fallen under the load on his back, and blind harpers.

However, many figures are just crudely cut into the walls, thereby revealing a somewhat poor technique:[2] according to Blackman's description, the reliefs have an “unintentional roughness [that] seems rather to add to the spirit of vigor and strenuous activity with which the sculptor has imbued many of his representations of the toiling…”.