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THE TOMB AND ITS OWNERS
the ritual, the other with its complementary acts; or, no name being
cited, it is left to the friends of either man to appropriate the blessing
or reminiscence for their favorite. Thus, the figure of the official watch-
ing the balances (Plate XI) may be that of either of the two controllers.
The pictured tomb is "his western home, his eternal resting place" sim-
ply, without further definition. At the door of the tomb Henetnofret
bewails the coffined mummy of Nebamun; but she has previously fol-
lowed the bier of Apuki to the grave. Whether choice or mere haste be
responsible for the uncertain personality of the pair who occupy the final
seat of the dead in the inner room, it is impossible to say or guess. The
silence in any case is in harmony with the unwonted circumstances.
There being no stela, the test of ownership might be looked for in the
entrance, in the ceiling-texts, in the burial scenes, or in the shrine. In
the entrance Apuki is certainly shown as the person entering, and it is
to be presumed therefore that he is also the person leaving, the tomb;
the more so as the lady Henetnofret accompanies him in that case, where-
as Nebamun is generally, if not always, associated with his mother,
Thepu. The fragments of texts from the ceiling show preponderant
occurrences of the name of Nebamun, despite its erasure; those of Apuki,
if indeed there are any such, may come from the inner chamber exclu-
sively. Funeral rites are paid to both men and it would be hard to de-
tect any real inequality in the honors paid to them. In the shrine the
one unfinished picture shows two pairs seated and receiving a somewhat
unequal homage; as no names are appended, we may interpret it as we
will. Of nine cases in which the owner and his female companion appear
together in this tomb, two show Nebamun and Thepu, two Apuki and
Henetnofret, two have no names, and three have lost them. Honors,
therefore, may so far be declared easy between the two men.
The close similarity of the offices held by the two makes it likely
that one succeeded the other in them.1 Apuki may well have taken over
1 These are not so high that they might not be held by more than one man simultaneously at Thebes.
But each workshop would probably have only one controller, hence if Herihirmeru and Ast-josret are the same
locality, the two men would be successive holders of the post. The same holds good for the superintendency
also.
The partition
of the tomb
between them
The claim of
each to
ownership
The priority
of Nebamun
the ritual, the other with its complementary acts; or, no name being
cited, it is left to the friends of either man to appropriate the blessing
or reminiscence for their favorite. Thus, the figure of the official watch-
ing the balances (Plate XI) may be that of either of the two controllers.
The pictured tomb is "his western home, his eternal resting place" sim-
ply, without further definition. At the door of the tomb Henetnofret
bewails the coffined mummy of Nebamun; but she has previously fol-
lowed the bier of Apuki to the grave. Whether choice or mere haste be
responsible for the uncertain personality of the pair who occupy the final
seat of the dead in the inner room, it is impossible to say or guess. The
silence in any case is in harmony with the unwonted circumstances.
There being no stela, the test of ownership might be looked for in the
entrance, in the ceiling-texts, in the burial scenes, or in the shrine. In
the entrance Apuki is certainly shown as the person entering, and it is
to be presumed therefore that he is also the person leaving, the tomb;
the more so as the lady Henetnofret accompanies him in that case, where-
as Nebamun is generally, if not always, associated with his mother,
Thepu. The fragments of texts from the ceiling show preponderant
occurrences of the name of Nebamun, despite its erasure; those of Apuki,
if indeed there are any such, may come from the inner chamber exclu-
sively. Funeral rites are paid to both men and it would be hard to de-
tect any real inequality in the honors paid to them. In the shrine the
one unfinished picture shows two pairs seated and receiving a somewhat
unequal homage; as no names are appended, we may interpret it as we
will. Of nine cases in which the owner and his female companion appear
together in this tomb, two show Nebamun and Thepu, two Apuki and
Henetnofret, two have no names, and three have lost them. Honors,
therefore, may so far be declared easy between the two men.
The close similarity of the offices held by the two makes it likely
that one succeeded the other in them.1 Apuki may well have taken over
1 These are not so high that they might not be held by more than one man simultaneously at Thebes.
But each workshop would probably have only one controller, hence if Herihirmeru and Ast-josret are the same
locality, the two men would be successive holders of the post. The same holds good for the superintendency
also.
The partition
of the tomb
between them
The claim of
each to
ownership
The priority
of Nebamun