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THE TOMB OF PAHEEI AT EL KAB.
from Per-Hathor* and reaching to Nekheb, the
scribe Paheri."
The animals are driven towards him by their
herds in four rows—oxen and cows with their
calves in the upper two, and below asses, goats
with kids, and swine. The asses are driven by
a man with a whip, carrying a staff and a foot-
hobble over his shoulder. The oxen lying
bound upon the ground in the upper register
are waiting to be branded; unfortunately the
scene is imperfect, but one man appears to be
heating the branding instrument at the fire,
and another to be operating on an animal.
The representation of swine is very rare.
Paheri's assistant in counting the animals
is—
sen-ef mery-ef an dqer en un maa, se-Jcem nes, dqer
nezu [-re ?] Paheri maa kheru
"his brother, whom he loves, an excellent
scribe of very truth, perfect in tongue, excel-
lent in conversation, Paheri, deceased."2 He
receives the asses in the two lower rows, and
a similar individual is seen in the two upper
rows, in one case with traces of the same name,
which has here been almost entirely erased.
(3) Receipt of Gold.
This scene is of the same extent as the last,
except that the corn-ships have been intruded
into one corner. Paheri is seated, holding
staff and baton: he wears a peculiar head-
covering, that falls down the back almost to
the waist, and a collar (useM) is on his breast.
It is unfortunate that the inscription is muti-
lated in an important passage, leaving the
sense doubtful—
shesep neb en hem qeru............en shesep shayt em
a kherpu nu temd pen, an res tep shu em be/ci, tern
meh[a her] tetet em her(i)-ef ha Paheri
"Receiving the gold of the chief miners.........
1 Denderah, see above, p. 6.
2 For this Paheri II., see p. 8.
.........receiving what has been ordained from
the superintendents of this town, by the prince
Paheri, watchful without tiring, not failing in
what has been entrusted to him."
His brother Paheri again assists, recording
the amounts. In the upper row four contri-
butors are looking on in a respectful attitude,
while the gold rings are weighed in the scales
against an ox-shaped weight; another man,
kneeling, watches the tongue of the balance,
and perhaps the plummet;3 above are the rings
in four heaps. In the lower row three bags
of ore or dust are seen, beside rings; a box and
a tray are in front of Paheri's brother, the
scribe Paheri II., and apparently one of the four
men above is having a taste of the stick, his
contribution not being sufficient. The names
of two of the others are given, viz., her inert
Menu (?) and her mert Heru, the chiefs of serfs
Menu (?) and Heru.
The inscriptions in the temple of Redesiyeh
show that there were certain gold workings in
the Eastern desert the produce of which would
reach the Nile valley not far from El Kab.
On the river are two ships passing each
other ; one is going south, with sail up, the
other, with mast shipped, is being rowed
northward down the stream. The latter is
probably bound for Thebes, while the former
is just arriving thence for a cargo of bullion.
The two ships are exactly alike, each having
a deck-house with two windows and look-out
platform at bow and stern. A chariot is on
the top of the deck-house, and the horses are
in the bows behind the pilot; all this, with the
painted decoration fore and aft, shows that
they are not mere vessels of burthen, but are
fitted up for the nomarch's voyages. At the
bows of the vessel sailing southward is a pilot
with a sounding-pole to try the depth and avoid
the shallows; over him is written—
3 For the action, see Petrie, Season in -Egypt, pi. xx.,
and p. 42.
THE TOMB OF PAHEEI AT EL KAB.
from Per-Hathor* and reaching to Nekheb, the
scribe Paheri."
The animals are driven towards him by their
herds in four rows—oxen and cows with their
calves in the upper two, and below asses, goats
with kids, and swine. The asses are driven by
a man with a whip, carrying a staff and a foot-
hobble over his shoulder. The oxen lying
bound upon the ground in the upper register
are waiting to be branded; unfortunately the
scene is imperfect, but one man appears to be
heating the branding instrument at the fire,
and another to be operating on an animal.
The representation of swine is very rare.
Paheri's assistant in counting the animals
is—
sen-ef mery-ef an dqer en un maa, se-Jcem nes, dqer
nezu [-re ?] Paheri maa kheru
"his brother, whom he loves, an excellent
scribe of very truth, perfect in tongue, excel-
lent in conversation, Paheri, deceased."2 He
receives the asses in the two lower rows, and
a similar individual is seen in the two upper
rows, in one case with traces of the same name,
which has here been almost entirely erased.
(3) Receipt of Gold.
This scene is of the same extent as the last,
except that the corn-ships have been intruded
into one corner. Paheri is seated, holding
staff and baton: he wears a peculiar head-
covering, that falls down the back almost to
the waist, and a collar (useM) is on his breast.
It is unfortunate that the inscription is muti-
lated in an important passage, leaving the
sense doubtful—
shesep neb en hem qeru............en shesep shayt em
a kherpu nu temd pen, an res tep shu em be/ci, tern
meh[a her] tetet em her(i)-ef ha Paheri
"Receiving the gold of the chief miners.........
1 Denderah, see above, p. 6.
2 For this Paheri II., see p. 8.
.........receiving what has been ordained from
the superintendents of this town, by the prince
Paheri, watchful without tiring, not failing in
what has been entrusted to him."
His brother Paheri again assists, recording
the amounts. In the upper row four contri-
butors are looking on in a respectful attitude,
while the gold rings are weighed in the scales
against an ox-shaped weight; another man,
kneeling, watches the tongue of the balance,
and perhaps the plummet;3 above are the rings
in four heaps. In the lower row three bags
of ore or dust are seen, beside rings; a box and
a tray are in front of Paheri's brother, the
scribe Paheri II., and apparently one of the four
men above is having a taste of the stick, his
contribution not being sufficient. The names
of two of the others are given, viz., her inert
Menu (?) and her mert Heru, the chiefs of serfs
Menu (?) and Heru.
The inscriptions in the temple of Redesiyeh
show that there were certain gold workings in
the Eastern desert the produce of which would
reach the Nile valley not far from El Kab.
On the river are two ships passing each
other ; one is going south, with sail up, the
other, with mast shipped, is being rowed
northward down the stream. The latter is
probably bound for Thebes, while the former
is just arriving thence for a cargo of bullion.
The two ships are exactly alike, each having
a deck-house with two windows and look-out
platform at bow and stern. A chariot is on
the top of the deck-house, and the horses are
in the bows behind the pilot; all this, with the
painted decoration fore and aft, shows that
they are not mere vessels of burthen, but are
fitted up for the nomarch's voyages. At the
bows of the vessel sailing southward is a pilot
with a sounding-pole to try the depth and avoid
the shallows; over him is written—
3 For the action, see Petrie, Season in -Egypt, pi. xx.,
and p. 42.