Naville, Edouard; Tylor, J. J. [Editor]; Griffith, Francis Ll. [Editor]: Ahnas el Medineh: (Heracleopolis Magna) ; with chapters on Mendes, the nome of Thoth, and Leontopolis; [beigefügtes Werk]: The tomb of Paheri : at el Kab / by J. J. Tylor and F. L. Griffith (London, 1894)

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THE TOMB OF PAHEEI AT EL KAB.

:' Making a good burial for the prince Paheri,
conveying the Prince Paheri justified to his
chamber of the Kherneter, in peace, in peace
before the great god. Proceeding in peace to
the horizon, to the Field of Reeds, to the Tuat;
to lead to (any) place where this prince Paheri
(may be)."

b. Behind the " chief mourner " is kher heb
her tep, "the chief lector," holding a scroll.1
The vertical line of inscription reads—

met an kher heb her tep, " em hetep, em hetep kher
neter aa"

" Said by the chief lector, ' In peace, in peace,
before the great god.': Two other persons
with larger wigs and long staves close the
procession; they are evidently people of some
distinction. In order to preserve the clear
representation in profile, and avoid a back
view, the artist has chosen to put their staves
in the advanced left hands, instead of in the
right. The inscription runs—

met an .shesu " uza em hetep, em hetep, er ds-f en
kher-neter; shesep fu emem uru (aau ?) em shes en
neter aa "

" Said by the followers (of the procession),
' Proceed in peace, in peace to his (sic)
chamber of Kher-neter (the necropolis) ; re-
ceive banquets among the nobles (or the
aged ones ?) as a follower of the great god.' "

c. In the second row the priest (the
" officiating priest" in Rekhmara2), with a
tall censer (ar seneter " censing"), precedes
four persons (who are the semeru "friends'1
in Rekhmara) bearing a chest supported by
poles on their shoulders; between the bearers
are visible the two mourners, with their arms
in a characteristic attitude.

d. A group of two men dancing, Tchebt muu
"dancing of the buffoons;3 four shrines—one
between two palm trees, over two rectangular

1 Cf. Rekhmara, pi. xxiii., middle row, for this scene.

2 L.c, same row as last.

3 L.c, pi. xx,, xxi., top row.

spaces, the first enclosing two pools (?),
the second being a doorway (?). In Rekh-
mara this seems to represent the arrival at
the temple at Pe (Buto). An officiating priest
holding an enormous scroll greets a boat on its
arrival—

zet an kherheb em hetep em hetep kher neter aa

" Said by the officiating priest, ' In peace, in
peace before the great god.' " The boat is
towed by a semer " friend," sera-priest, and an
am khent: it contains a tall chest, against
which the two mourners, tert dat and tert
shert, have seated themselves, closely wrapped.
The same or another officiating priest, holding
a scroll and raising his arm in declamation,
appears behind the boat, by the side of an
upright structure, crowned with hheker orna-
ment u . Over the boat is the inscription—

Sebt ha Paheri em ta heat ah aptu em abt usekM.

Met an kher-heb drt-nef temd em ......... neter en

Anpu em abt usekht an ha Paheri maa kheru

"Entertaining (?) the prince Paheri with bread,
beer, flesh and fowl in (?) the Hall. Said by
the officiating priest, ' The prince Paheri, de-
ceased, has made for himself a mansion in the
temple of Anubis and in (?) the Hall.':

e. Two men holding long papyrus stalks
precede a sledge drawn by three others. Upon
the sledge is a somewhat shapeless mass, of
which more below. The inscription, preserved
by Hay and Rosellini, reads—

er Amentet, er Amentet, pa ta netem ankh, er bu en
unen-ek dm-ef yh an me-ki du (The last lines are
identical in the two copies.)

" To the West, to the West, the land pleasant
for life, to the place in which thou art (?) : lo !
come, behold I (?) come."

The object upon the sledge is of consider-
able interest, for it seems to be the victim for
a human sacrifice, enclosed in the skin of an
ox. A very similar object laid upon a table,
and with a human head and hand projecting
from it, is figured in the corresponding scenes