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EL EERSHEH.
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ioscrip
tions
Eig. 5.—Key Pian to Scenes and Inscriptions.
3. FAQADE, &o. Pl. V.
Jambs op the Facade (see Key Plan, a-d).
The mutilated inscriptions show curious
dovetailing of the titles of the kings under whom
Tehutihetep lived with those of Tehutihetep
himself. Wishing evidently to put the royal
titles prominently before the visitor, Tehuti-
hetep placed at the top of each column the
to-name of the king, surmounted by the hawk
as usual, thus at once giving a decorative
appearance to the inscription. By another
device possible in hieroglyphics he contrived
to separate the cartouche from the k-name (to
which the sense of the inscription would attach
it), so that the cartouches appeared together
near the base of the columns, forming a second
well-defined group of signs. In translating we
probably have to take the ka-name and the
cartouche together in the middle of the in-
scription. On the inside of the right jamb
we propose to read :—
\Amakfnf\ khred seten kher Heru heken em maat
(Neb-lean-Ra~^ ha ur dua Zehutihetep
" [The devoted one,] the king's son1 under the hawk
praised (?) in truth Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II.),
the /ia-priiice, great of five, Tehutihetep." 2
1 See Beni Hasan, Part I., pl. xxxi.
2 For the reading Tehutihetep, see note on p. 1.
On the outside of the same jamb a similar
inscription records his faithful service as
semer tidti, " confidential friend," to the king
Usertsen II. Tehutihetep is here called ha,
" ha-prince," and kherp nesti, "regulator of
the two thrones."
The inscriptions on the opposite jambs
follow the same formulas. The royal names
of Usertsen II. on the inside and of Usertsen
III. on the outside can still be recognised, but
the central portions referring to the status of
Tehutihetep in these reigns are completely
destroyed.
These are the only cartouches that have
been found in the tomb, and it is very for-
tunate that they should have been preserved
at all in such an exposed situation. The
fragments of the left-hand jamb, all of which
were found by excavation, show that the hiero-
glyphs here were incised and coloured green
on a pink ground marbled with pale green
to represent granite.
Architrave (see Key Plan, e, v).
The architrave is inscribed on the front
and back, but not below ; the colouring is the
same as that of the jambs (see pl. iv.). In
the middle of both the front and back is the
central word D er-jm, from which two almost
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12
EL EERSHEH.
#
ioscrip
tions
Eig. 5.—Key Pian to Scenes and Inscriptions.
3. FAQADE, &o. Pl. V.
Jambs op the Facade (see Key Plan, a-d).
The mutilated inscriptions show curious
dovetailing of the titles of the kings under whom
Tehutihetep lived with those of Tehutihetep
himself. Wishing evidently to put the royal
titles prominently before the visitor, Tehuti-
hetep placed at the top of each column the
to-name of the king, surmounted by the hawk
as usual, thus at once giving a decorative
appearance to the inscription. By another
device possible in hieroglyphics he contrived
to separate the cartouche from the k-name (to
which the sense of the inscription would attach
it), so that the cartouches appeared together
near the base of the columns, forming a second
well-defined group of signs. In translating we
probably have to take the ka-name and the
cartouche together in the middle of the in-
scription. On the inside of the right jamb
we propose to read :—
\Amakfnf\ khred seten kher Heru heken em maat
(Neb-lean-Ra~^ ha ur dua Zehutihetep
" [The devoted one,] the king's son1 under the hawk
praised (?) in truth Nub-kau-ra (Amenemhat II.),
the /ia-priiice, great of five, Tehutihetep." 2
1 See Beni Hasan, Part I., pl. xxxi.
2 For the reading Tehutihetep, see note on p. 1.
On the outside of the same jamb a similar
inscription records his faithful service as
semer tidti, " confidential friend," to the king
Usertsen II. Tehutihetep is here called ha,
" ha-prince," and kherp nesti, "regulator of
the two thrones."
The inscriptions on the opposite jambs
follow the same formulas. The royal names
of Usertsen II. on the inside and of Usertsen
III. on the outside can still be recognised, but
the central portions referring to the status of
Tehutihetep in these reigns are completely
destroyed.
These are the only cartouches that have
been found in the tomb, and it is very for-
tunate that they should have been preserved
at all in such an exposed situation. The
fragments of the left-hand jamb, all of which
were found by excavation, show that the hiero-
glyphs here were incised and coloured green
on a pink ground marbled with pale green
to represent granite.
Architrave (see Key Plan, e, v).
The architrave is inscribed on the front
and back, but not below ; the colouring is the
same as that of the jambs (see pl. iv.). In
the middle of both the front and back is the
central word D er-jm, from which two almost
h
jroirt
is'-'
Km
" for '
kandtlaatt
lseinscriptio^B-
usually cc
kiices
'•s'J
s, very
.eats.*
often
1 U-\
i OUTER i
| Ceiling Tnscbip
The transvers
| the outer chamlc
are
• ground.
a names Tel
lis mother Sa1
b tej) m en
lome," and h
(the mysteri
Right-hand
The hnntii
ray remark;
s^i is comr
lib robe, leg
»$ bands, ai
prment is
^st the
^ter, Th
"to inscrir
s
r