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of the rock tombs of the 4th and atli dynasties, imme-
diately above the wall or passage which descends to the
sepulchral chamber. On the upper portions of the door are a
sepulchral dedication to Anubis, who appears in these
early inscriptions instead of Osiris, to give the deceased
" a good burial in the land of the West, and the usual meals
or food offerings in the beginning of the civil and sacred
year, the month of Thoth, a festival called nuAu, and all
festivals." Besides these the deceased and his wife
Neferset are seen seated at a table covered with reeds
instead of a cloth. He wears short hair, a collar, MsAA, and
tunic, sAe?hi. His wife wears long hair, a collar, and the
usual female garment held by straps across the shoulders.
In the area are mentioned incense, and two pigments for
the eyes. Ankhaf is also represented standing, holding a
stick or wand, and a sceptre, AAe?y. On the inner jamb is
his son Neteruser, a scribe, standing holding a wand.
This door is of the period of the 4th or 5th dynasty.
From a tomb near the Pyramids of Gizeh.
56 a, 5, c. Calcareous stone ; three casing stones removed
by Colonel Howard Vyse from the Great Pyramid at Gizeh
in 1838. The stone of which they are made came from the
quarries of Mokattam, and they give the angle of inclina-
tion 51° 51' 15". They were found on uncovering the
base of the pyramid on the northern side, and exhibit the
fineness of the masonry of the pyramid.
528. Portions of the door of the tomb of Ruma, royal
acquaintance or friend. On the frieze Ruma is repre-
sented seated at. a table covered with reeds, on the other
side of which is his wife; also a royal acquaintance or
friend, Tentet, daily adorer of the goddess Athor. He
wears long hair, a collar, MsAA, and tunic, sAe?a^',
and bracelets, mewne/er. She is draped in the usual female
costume, and has bracelets. Both are seated on low lion-
clawed chairs. In the area are mentioned the following
substances: incense, blue pigment for the eyes, stibium,
essence of oil, Aa%f, wine, dates, and date-bread or con-
serve of dates, cattle, bread, clothes, linen, the leucoryx
gazelle, goats, cranes, geese, and pigeons, the food and
requisites of the deceased, and that in use at the period.
Ruma and his wife Tentet are represented on the jambs
of the door, accompanied by his son Khent and his wife's
granddaughter, Nefer. It is of the period of the 5th
of the rock tombs of the 4th and atli dynasties, imme-
diately above the wall or passage which descends to the
sepulchral chamber. On the upper portions of the door are a
sepulchral dedication to Anubis, who appears in these
early inscriptions instead of Osiris, to give the deceased
" a good burial in the land of the West, and the usual meals
or food offerings in the beginning of the civil and sacred
year, the month of Thoth, a festival called nuAu, and all
festivals." Besides these the deceased and his wife
Neferset are seen seated at a table covered with reeds
instead of a cloth. He wears short hair, a collar, MsAA, and
tunic, sAe?hi. His wife wears long hair, a collar, and the
usual female garment held by straps across the shoulders.
In the area are mentioned incense, and two pigments for
the eyes. Ankhaf is also represented standing, holding a
stick or wand, and a sceptre, AAe?y. On the inner jamb is
his son Neteruser, a scribe, standing holding a wand.
This door is of the period of the 4th or 5th dynasty.
From a tomb near the Pyramids of Gizeh.
56 a, 5, c. Calcareous stone ; three casing stones removed
by Colonel Howard Vyse from the Great Pyramid at Gizeh
in 1838. The stone of which they are made came from the
quarries of Mokattam, and they give the angle of inclina-
tion 51° 51' 15". They were found on uncovering the
base of the pyramid on the northern side, and exhibit the
fineness of the masonry of the pyramid.
528. Portions of the door of the tomb of Ruma, royal
acquaintance or friend. On the frieze Ruma is repre-
sented seated at. a table covered with reeds, on the other
side of which is his wife; also a royal acquaintance or
friend, Tentet, daily adorer of the goddess Athor. He
wears long hair, a collar, MsAA, and tunic, sAe?a^',
and bracelets, mewne/er. She is draped in the usual female
costume, and has bracelets. Both are seated on low lion-
clawed chairs. In the area are mentioned the following
substances: incense, blue pigment for the eyes, stibium,
essence of oil, Aa%f, wine, dates, and date-bread or con-
serve of dates, cattle, bread, clothes, linen, the leucoryx
gazelle, goats, cranes, geese, and pigeons, the food and
requisites of the deceased, and that in use at the period.
Ruma and his wife Tentet are represented on the jambs
of the door, accompanied by his son Khent and his wife's
granddaughter, Nefer. It is of the period of the 5th