From her husband 's two stelas it is known that he survived his wife by only one year .
On her stela Taimhotep laments her untimely death and asks her husband to enjoy life while he can ; this is the longest ancient Egyptian text of this kind .
From Taimhotep 's husband 's two stelas it is known that he survived his wife by only one year .
On her stela Taimhotep laments her untimely death and asks her husband to enjoy life while he can ; this is the longest ancient Egyptian text of this kind .