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76 BEN I HASAN.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND INSCRIPTIONS.
Archi-
tectural
Features.
Inscrip-
tions.
The tomb consists of a small rectangular chamber cut in the side of the cliff, the doorway to which
lias plain square jambs and lintel. The plan and sections are given on PI. xli. There is one mummy- pit.
Exterior Inscriptions (see PI. xli. a, b, and c). On the door-posts and lintel of the entrance to the
main chamber are three incised hieroglyphic inscriptions, consisting in all of eight lines, and giving the
name and titles of Chnemhotep. The texts of these inscriptions, of which the following is a transliteration
and translation, have been published by Champollion {Monuments, Nuticas, Tome ii., p. 436) and by
Lepsius (Denhmdler, Abth. ii., Bl. 142, a and c).
On the lintel are four horizontal lines reading':—
1. 'I cnljw dpw ti
0 those who live upon the earth,
Sisfi-sn m [lull]
who travel in [going north]
m lisft
in going south
m <nw nb
(consisting of) all scribes,
far Kb hnw hi nb dd sn
all lectors, and /ca-servants, let them say
2. pr hrw
a porcheru
#.,> m ti m hid ihw
a thousand of loaves [and] of beer, oxen,
ipdw snt
fowl, incense,
mrht mnh, is ht nbt nfrt
ointment, fine linen, all good things [and]
3. Wbt 'nh ntr Im n hi n imify mt'i n si
pure, on which a god lives, to the ha of the worthy, the regulator of the srt-order,
s-hd ht-ntr fyrp hip ntr m rw prw ntrw
enlightener of the temple, manager of the divine offerings in the temples of the gods
4. nt tn hr ssti m ht ntr nt......... mt'i n si m pr PiJ}t
of this city, chief of the secrets in the temple of [Chnum] (?)... regulator of the sa-order in the
house of Paeht,
cn stn
the royal scribe,
Ntrwhtp si Hnmhtp m»" Ijrw
Neteruhotep's son Chnemhotep, justified.
On the left-hand door-post are two vertical lines. Line 1, which is partly mutilated and very corrupt,
gives the usual stn dl htp 'Mr formula and—
mry nt-f mrr sw (?) nt-f sw m [']«>#(?)
the lover of his city, whom his city loved, untainted by robbery
Line 2. r& ddt sw m *bl wih lb m hr \lb~\ srw
knowing what is said, free of contradiction, longsufiering in the midst of the nobles,
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND INSCRIPTIONS.
Archi-
tectural
Features.
Inscrip-
tions.
The tomb consists of a small rectangular chamber cut in the side of the cliff, the doorway to which
lias plain square jambs and lintel. The plan and sections are given on PI. xli. There is one mummy- pit.
Exterior Inscriptions (see PI. xli. a, b, and c). On the door-posts and lintel of the entrance to the
main chamber are three incised hieroglyphic inscriptions, consisting in all of eight lines, and giving the
name and titles of Chnemhotep. The texts of these inscriptions, of which the following is a transliteration
and translation, have been published by Champollion {Monuments, Nuticas, Tome ii., p. 436) and by
Lepsius (Denhmdler, Abth. ii., Bl. 142, a and c).
On the lintel are four horizontal lines reading':—
1. 'I cnljw dpw ti
0 those who live upon the earth,
Sisfi-sn m [lull]
who travel in [going north]
m lisft
in going south
m <nw nb
(consisting of) all scribes,
far Kb hnw hi nb dd sn
all lectors, and /ca-servants, let them say
2. pr hrw
a porcheru
#.,> m ti m hid ihw
a thousand of loaves [and] of beer, oxen,
ipdw snt
fowl, incense,
mrht mnh, is ht nbt nfrt
ointment, fine linen, all good things [and]
3. Wbt 'nh ntr Im n hi n imify mt'i n si
pure, on which a god lives, to the ha of the worthy, the regulator of the srt-order,
s-hd ht-ntr fyrp hip ntr m rw prw ntrw
enlightener of the temple, manager of the divine offerings in the temples of the gods
4. nt tn hr ssti m ht ntr nt......... mt'i n si m pr PiJ}t
of this city, chief of the secrets in the temple of [Chnum] (?)... regulator of the sa-order in the
house of Paeht,
cn stn
the royal scribe,
Ntrwhtp si Hnmhtp m»" Ijrw
Neteruhotep's son Chnemhotep, justified.
On the left-hand door-post are two vertical lines. Line 1, which is partly mutilated and very corrupt,
gives the usual stn dl htp 'Mr formula and—
mry nt-f mrr sw (?) nt-f sw m [']«>#(?)
the lover of his city, whom his city loved, untainted by robbery
Line 2. r& ddt sw m *bl wih lb m hr \lb~\ srw
knowing what is said, free of contradiction, longsufiering in the midst of the nobles,