A Man or a God? Interpreting the First-Person Singular in the Coffin of the Overseer of the Treasury Wḫ-ḥtp (MMA 12.182.132a,b)

Abstract

In the coffin of wḫ-ḥtp (MMA 12.182.132a, b), the first-person singular is often written with the hieroglyphic sign (A40). This article argues that this use of the (A40) is not based on cultural or religious reconceptualization of the deceased, but rather that this variation stems from the stroke patterns of the (A1) versus the (A40) when written in the more cursive form of writing of the scribe.