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BENT TIASAN.
Scenes and
Inscrip-
tions
(cont.)
holding a club [D]; and the third, a seated figure of Khety with face turned towards the door [E]. To
the right of these figures are scenes on a small scale consisting of eight rows of pools of water with
clumps of papyrus and lotus plants. The scenes show boating [F], fishing and fowling [G, H] in the
papyrus marshes, and amongst the animals are represented hippopotami, wild boars, and calves (?).
(b) South side.
Immediately below the frieze is a line of painted hieroglyphs [A, B], giving the Td helep set en
formula to Anubis for a good burial, with name and titles of Khety.
The scenes, which are arranged in eight rows of varying height, are in bad condition. The first five
rows, representing various occupations, are divided from those below, which represent offerings, &c, by
a horizontal line of rectangles.
Eows 1 and 2. On the right are representations of desert country [C, D], and above them [at A, B]
two hieratic inscriptions, which have been copied by Champollion (see Monuments de VEgypte,
Notices Descriptives, Tome ii., p. 336). In the middle are goats, with goatherds, pasturing among
trees on the edge of the desert [E, G]. On the left are oxen and asses with herdsmen [F, H].
Row 3. Oxen with herdsmen [I, J].
Rows 4 and 5. Scenes of ships [K-N]. On the left of Row 5 are two men engaged in driving in a
mooring-post with large mallets [M].
Below the horizontal line of rectangles are three rows of scenes divided by a false door.
Rows 6-8. To right of the false door, in Row 6, is painted a list of offerings in cursive hieroglyphs,
much mutilated [R]. The scenes represent the sacrifice of an ox [S], and men bringing
offerings [T]. The lower row is almost entirely defaced [U].
The false door is partly carved with sinkings and beads. It has a painted corvetto or palm-branch
cornice, and upon it are incised inscriptions giving the Td hetep seten formulas to Osiris and Anubis,
together with the titles and name of Khety. In the centre are the remains of a figure of Khety,
who is seated before a table of offerings. The false door is much mutilated.
On the left-hand side are three rows of scenes representing the preparation of viands, cakes, &c.
Row 6. Woman grinding corn [O].
Row 7. Two men preparing confectionery [P].
Row 8. A man cooking [Q]. This scene is almost entirely defaced.
North Wall : West half. (See Key plan B, and PI. xiii.)
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BENT TIASAN.
Scenes and
Inscrip-
tions
(cont.)
holding a club [D]; and the third, a seated figure of Khety with face turned towards the door [E]. To
the right of these figures are scenes on a small scale consisting of eight rows of pools of water with
clumps of papyrus and lotus plants. The scenes show boating [F], fishing and fowling [G, H] in the
papyrus marshes, and amongst the animals are represented hippopotami, wild boars, and calves (?).
(b) South side.
Immediately below the frieze is a line of painted hieroglyphs [A, B], giving the Td helep set en
formula to Anubis for a good burial, with name and titles of Khety.
The scenes, which are arranged in eight rows of varying height, are in bad condition. The first five
rows, representing various occupations, are divided from those below, which represent offerings, &c, by
a horizontal line of rectangles.
Eows 1 and 2. On the right are representations of desert country [C, D], and above them [at A, B]
two hieratic inscriptions, which have been copied by Champollion (see Monuments de VEgypte,
Notices Descriptives, Tome ii., p. 336). In the middle are goats, with goatherds, pasturing among
trees on the edge of the desert [E, G]. On the left are oxen and asses with herdsmen [F, H].
Row 3. Oxen with herdsmen [I, J].
Rows 4 and 5. Scenes of ships [K-N]. On the left of Row 5 are two men engaged in driving in a
mooring-post with large mallets [M].
Below the horizontal line of rectangles are three rows of scenes divided by a false door.
Rows 6-8. To right of the false door, in Row 6, is painted a list of offerings in cursive hieroglyphs,
much mutilated [R]. The scenes represent the sacrifice of an ox [S], and men bringing
offerings [T]. The lower row is almost entirely defaced [U].
The false door is partly carved with sinkings and beads. It has a painted corvetto or palm-branch
cornice, and upon it are incised inscriptions giving the Td hetep seten formulas to Osiris and Anubis,
together with the titles and name of Khety. In the centre are the remains of a figure of Khety,
who is seated before a table of offerings. The false door is much mutilated.
On the left-hand side are three rows of scenes representing the preparation of viands, cakes, &c.
Row 6. Woman grinding corn [O].
Row 7. Two men preparing confectionery [P].
Row 8. A man cooking [Q]. This scene is almost entirely defaced.
North Wall : West half. (See Key plan B, and PI. xiii.)
FRIEZE
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