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PERSONALIA
a biographic- on my [behalf P], that what service ye have done to me may be done to
al record J J J
you throughout eternity.'"
The north jj^g north wall (Plate VI) might also be expected to furnish some
wall
biographical material, though this custom is only partially conformed to.
Lack of space left only the upper part of the wall free for this require-
ment; so, as the ordinary stela could not be accommodated, resort was
had to a curious device. In place of the recessed doorway with reced-
ing jambs, a very narrow section of the plainer fagade is pictured; such,
indeed, as we meet with outside, between the stelae (Plate LXXV). As
a consequence, we have a few succinct phrases in a double column with
the divine eyes over them, instead of the multiple inscriptions. "Reci-
tation. 'Geb1 has given importance on earth (and) Re has given glory
in heaven to the temple-father, Puyemre." The whole is framed
in a colored border surmounted by a cornice.2 Relow is a dado of
niches, and the whole is set on a raised step exactly like the fagade
outside.3
This pillar-like stela, or abbreviated fagade, is here used, not only
to fill the space allotted to this simple appeal for intercession on behalf
of the dead occupant of the tomb (for the raised step along both end
walls shows that offerings as well as prayers were invited), but also as a
central device separating two tableaux which, while they help to secure
the identity of the deceased, also give an example of that filial piety
which is inculcated. In each case a scion of the family performs the
lTo squeeze the inscription in, "| had to be superimposed on the complementary J of the god's
name.
2 The border was originally crowned by a row of true khekers u. After these had been sculptured, they
were replaced by a cornice in paint only, which hides their lower parts but leaves the tops showing. These
spikes occur in shrines only (PL LXII), not in outer rooms. In these a somewhat similar device is used
(PL LVI), but one to which the term kheker (hkr—"ornament") is less applicable. These spikes were a
chevaux de frise (cf. PL XLVII), formed by tying together at the tip and plastering with mud a number
of the palm-ribs with which adobe walls were stiffened, so that it might be difficult to scale them in silence.
The true color of the hkr spike and hieroglyph is green with a yellow surround, the roundel being red
with yellow surround. A very similar erection to ours is seen in Lange-Schaefer, Grabsteine, IV, PL XCV,
No. 6i3.
3 The recessed panels are inserted in this step in a curious way, which appears to be an attempt to show
the receding planes in perspective. It is none the less interesting because incorrectly drawn. See also Maspero,
Mission Frangaise, I, PL VI.
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a biographic- on my [behalf P], that what service ye have done to me may be done to
al record J J J
you throughout eternity.'"
The north jj^g north wall (Plate VI) might also be expected to furnish some
wall
biographical material, though this custom is only partially conformed to.
Lack of space left only the upper part of the wall free for this require-
ment; so, as the ordinary stela could not be accommodated, resort was
had to a curious device. In place of the recessed doorway with reced-
ing jambs, a very narrow section of the plainer fagade is pictured; such,
indeed, as we meet with outside, between the stelae (Plate LXXV). As
a consequence, we have a few succinct phrases in a double column with
the divine eyes over them, instead of the multiple inscriptions. "Reci-
tation. 'Geb1 has given importance on earth (and) Re has given glory
in heaven to the temple-father, Puyemre." The whole is framed
in a colored border surmounted by a cornice.2 Relow is a dado of
niches, and the whole is set on a raised step exactly like the fagade
outside.3
This pillar-like stela, or abbreviated fagade, is here used, not only
to fill the space allotted to this simple appeal for intercession on behalf
of the dead occupant of the tomb (for the raised step along both end
walls shows that offerings as well as prayers were invited), but also as a
central device separating two tableaux which, while they help to secure
the identity of the deceased, also give an example of that filial piety
which is inculcated. In each case a scion of the family performs the
lTo squeeze the inscription in, "| had to be superimposed on the complementary J of the god's
name.
2 The border was originally crowned by a row of true khekers u. After these had been sculptured, they
were replaced by a cornice in paint only, which hides their lower parts but leaves the tops showing. These
spikes occur in shrines only (PL LXII), not in outer rooms. In these a somewhat similar device is used
(PL LVI), but one to which the term kheker (hkr—"ornament") is less applicable. These spikes were a
chevaux de frise (cf. PL XLVII), formed by tying together at the tip and plastering with mud a number
of the palm-ribs with which adobe walls were stiffened, so that it might be difficult to scale them in silence.
The true color of the hkr spike and hieroglyph is green with a yellow surround, the roundel being red
with yellow surround. A very similar erection to ours is seen in Lange-Schaefer, Grabsteine, IV, PL XCV,
No. 6i3.
3 The recessed panels are inserted in this step in a curious way, which appears to be an attempt to show
the receding planes in perspective. It is none the less interesting because incorrectly drawn. See also Maspero,
Mission Frangaise, I, PL VI.
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