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CHAPTER VIII
FAMILY LOYALTY
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THE SOUTHERN CHAPEL
(PLATES LXII-LXIV)1
EACH of the three chapels was naturally a refectory. The dead must A fam%
find hospitality awaiting him as he steps across any of their ghostly thresh- ° ^
olds. But apart from this, we found the north chapel reserved for
memories of the burial ritual with which Puyemre's new life was ushered
in and inaugurated, and the axial chapel and shrine reserved, more or less,
for the formal reiteration of rites by the priesthood at due intervals. In
this, the third chapel, we find distinct emphasis laid on the loyal piety of
the family towards the dead; a more pleasing, but perhaps a more pre-
carious ground of hope.
We met with the figures of the two sons of Puyemre in the entrance
to the central chamber, taking a very secondary part in the ceremonial.
Otherwise there has been a marked silence as to Puyemre's descendants.
Mention of them had apparently been reserved for this family chapel,
but the rock has proved a defaulting guardian of the information. Per-
1 The chapel has sustained the following injuries. Its front has fallen away down to the level of the
dado and no fragments can he assigned to the entrance walls with certainty. An irruption of rubbish from
shafts behind has also carried away the adjacent end of the south wall, and part of the offerings (unimportant
fragments of Puyemre's knee, the ox, and heads of papyrus have been replaced here, but lack confirmation).
The lintel of the recess (a limestone slab) has fallen, owing to the collapse of the left jamb. The center part
of the back wall of the recess has been carried away by another irruption, but the main features of the scene
have been reconstructed from small fragmerts.
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FAMILY LOYALTY
«
THE SOUTHERN CHAPEL
(PLATES LXII-LXIV)1
EACH of the three chapels was naturally a refectory. The dead must A fam%
find hospitality awaiting him as he steps across any of their ghostly thresh- ° ^
olds. But apart from this, we found the north chapel reserved for
memories of the burial ritual with which Puyemre's new life was ushered
in and inaugurated, and the axial chapel and shrine reserved, more or less,
for the formal reiteration of rites by the priesthood at due intervals. In
this, the third chapel, we find distinct emphasis laid on the loyal piety of
the family towards the dead; a more pleasing, but perhaps a more pre-
carious ground of hope.
We met with the figures of the two sons of Puyemre in the entrance
to the central chamber, taking a very secondary part in the ceremonial.
Otherwise there has been a marked silence as to Puyemre's descendants.
Mention of them had apparently been reserved for this family chapel,
but the rock has proved a defaulting guardian of the information. Per-
1 The chapel has sustained the following injuries. Its front has fallen away down to the level of the
dado and no fragments can he assigned to the entrance walls with certainty. An irruption of rubbish from
shafts behind has also carried away the adjacent end of the south wall, and part of the offerings (unimportant
fragments of Puyemre's knee, the ox, and heads of papyrus have been replaced here, but lack confirmation).
The lintel of the recess (a limestone slab) has fallen, owing to the collapse of the left jamb. The center part
of the back wall of the recess has been carried away by another irruption, but the main features of the scene
have been reconstructed from small fragmerts.
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