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BENI HASAN.
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Scenes and
Inscrip-
tions
(cont.)
Immediately below the frieze is [A, B] a line of painted hieroglyphs m—>, giving the Td hetep seten
formula to Anubis, with titles and name of Khety. The inscription reads:—
Td hetep seten Anpu khent......neter tep tu-ef dm TJt
May the King give an offering [and] Anubis, Upon his shrine, Upon his hill, Within Ut,
neb Tazeser
Lord of the Sacred Land,
qrest nefert em ds-ef [en] kher neter hd
a good burial, in his tomb of the necropolis, the /ict-prince,
sa.hu bdti
sahu of the King of Lower Egypt,
semer uati
confidential friend of the King,
am-as
he who is in the chamber,
dri Nekhen
he who belongs to the city of Nekhen,
hesy en hesept-ef
praised of his countrypeople,
her tep Nekheb
chief of the city of Nekheb,
mery Khnern neb Herur
beloved of Khnern, Lord of Herur,
mery nut-ef
beloved of his townspeople,
hesy en Heql Heruryt
favoured of Heqt of Herur,
her tep aa en Mahez Baqt sa Khety
Great Chief of the Oryx nome, Baqt's son Khety.
The scenes are arranged in six rows of varying height.
Row 1. Hunting in the desert with netting (the network is much faded) [C, D, E]. Compare
this row with Row 1 on the corresponding wall of Tomb No. 15 (see PI. iv.).
Row 2. The barber khaq, " shaving " [F]. The sahu en henket, " master of the linen," and linen
manufacturers [G]. Spinners [H]. Net-making [I], and weaving [J, K]. Compare this row
with Row 2 on the corresponding wall of Tomb No. 15 (see PI. iv.).
Row 3. Occupations of women. Spinning and weaving superintended by the mer.........tet,
"Superintendent of the weavers" [L, M]. Female acrobats and women playing at ball
[N, O]. Compare this row with Row 3 on the corresponding wall of Tomb No. 15
(see PI. iv.).
Row 4. Procession of the statues of Khety and his wife in a naos drawn by seven men [P]. In
front are four male dancers pirouetting, and four men clapping their hands to beat time [Q] ;
three girls clapping hands to beat time [R]; and six female dancers [S]. It is headed by ten
men, who are bringing the funerary outfit of clothing, ornaments, weapons, &c. [J]. Compare
this row with Row 1 on the South wall of Tomb No. 15 (see PI. vii.).
Row 5. A sculptor and a painter at work [U]. Carpenter at work [V]. Painters at work [W].
Two couples playing at draughts [X]. A game (? a water-bowl and skin, cp. PI. vii.) [Y].
Men engaged in straightening rods of wood [Z]. The remaining scenes in this row are cut
away.
Row 6. Much mutilated, and the east end entirely broken away. At the west end is the upper
part of a scene showing men catching fish with a net [a]. In the centre are the remains of
a scene representing five men engaged in catching birds with a clap-net [ft], whilst to the right
are traces of a series of birds [c]. Compare this row with Row 6 on the corresponding wall of
Tomb No. 15 (see PI. iv.).
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Scenes and
Inscrip-
tions
(cont.)
Immediately below the frieze is [A, B] a line of painted hieroglyphs m—>, giving the Td hetep seten
formula to Anubis, with titles and name of Khety. The inscription reads:—
Td hetep seten Anpu khent......neter tep tu-ef dm TJt
May the King give an offering [and] Anubis, Upon his shrine, Upon his hill, Within Ut,
neb Tazeser
Lord of the Sacred Land,
qrest nefert em ds-ef [en] kher neter hd
a good burial, in his tomb of the necropolis, the /ict-prince,
sa.hu bdti
sahu of the King of Lower Egypt,
semer uati
confidential friend of the King,
am-as
he who is in the chamber,
dri Nekhen
he who belongs to the city of Nekhen,
hesy en hesept-ef
praised of his countrypeople,
her tep Nekheb
chief of the city of Nekheb,
mery Khnern neb Herur
beloved of Khnern, Lord of Herur,
mery nut-ef
beloved of his townspeople,
hesy en Heql Heruryt
favoured of Heqt of Herur,
her tep aa en Mahez Baqt sa Khety
Great Chief of the Oryx nome, Baqt's son Khety.
The scenes are arranged in six rows of varying height.
Row 1. Hunting in the desert with netting (the network is much faded) [C, D, E]. Compare
this row with Row 1 on the corresponding wall of Tomb No. 15 (see PI. iv.).
Row 2. The barber khaq, " shaving " [F]. The sahu en henket, " master of the linen," and linen
manufacturers [G]. Spinners [H]. Net-making [I], and weaving [J, K]. Compare this row
with Row 2 on the corresponding wall of Tomb No. 15 (see PI. iv.).
Row 3. Occupations of women. Spinning and weaving superintended by the mer.........tet,
"Superintendent of the weavers" [L, M]. Female acrobats and women playing at ball
[N, O]. Compare this row with Row 3 on the corresponding wall of Tomb No. 15
(see PI. iv.).
Row 4. Procession of the statues of Khety and his wife in a naos drawn by seven men [P]. In
front are four male dancers pirouetting, and four men clapping their hands to beat time [Q] ;
three girls clapping hands to beat time [R]; and six female dancers [S]. It is headed by ten
men, who are bringing the funerary outfit of clothing, ornaments, weapons, &c. [J]. Compare
this row with Row 1 on the South wall of Tomb No. 15 (see PI. vii.).
Row 5. A sculptor and a painter at work [U]. Carpenter at work [V]. Painters at work [W].
Two couples playing at draughts [X]. A game (? a water-bowl and skin, cp. PI. vii.) [Y].
Men engaged in straightening rods of wood [Z]. The remaining scenes in this row are cut
away.
Row 6. Much mutilated, and the east end entirely broken away. At the west end is the upper
part of a scene showing men catching fish with a net [a]. In the centre are the remains of
a scene representing five men engaged in catching birds with a clap-net [ft], whilst to the right
are traces of a series of birds [c]. Compare this row with Row 6 on the corresponding wall of
Tomb No. 15 (see PI. iv.).
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