Sasobek (

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: "Son of

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") was an

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ian

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, who officiated between the late 25th – early 26th Dynasty, during the reign of

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. Being the "Vizier of the North", he resided and officiated from Sais, in

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. Sasobek is known from his fine

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sarcophagus which is now in the

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(EA 17), and also from a kneeling

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statue of his son Horwedja, now in the

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(22.79).Kneeling Figure of Hor-wedja
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