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INNER CHAMBER, OUTER WALL.
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Tehutihetep's head relates to the hamu en apdu
an er-pd, " catching of wild-fowl by the erpa-
prince, Tehutihetep."
In the last row are men bringing offerings of
the products of the marshes—wild-fowl, lotus-
flowers, &c.
Inner Wall, left side, pi. ix. (see Key Plan j).
On the other half of the wall beyond the
doorway, Tehutihetep stands in a canoe, spear-
ing fish. His dress is nearly the same as
in the picture just described, but he wears a
different waist-cloth. The harpoon is poised
in his hands ; the right-hand edge of the
picture is destroyed, but usually in these scenes
the harpoon has a double point, on which are
transfixed two fishes. A female relative kneels
in the middle of the boat, and another stands
holding a spare harpoon. In the field behind
are the figures of the three sons; the top
left-hand corner is broken away. The water
beneath is full of fish and blue and white
lotuses. Over Tehutihetep's head is :—
[Melts'] sek/iet seshu pehu meru...............an er-pa
ha semer uqti en mend dri NeMen Zehuti-hetep
......sab ad mer k/m-a. k/ierp did neb netert......
ur duct Kay sa Zehuti-hetep......ha. mer henu neter
Zehutiketep ......dr en Sat-kheper-lta neb dmak/i
" Canoeing in the papyrus beds, the pools of wild-
fowl, the marshes and the streams, by the erpa-
prince, the /«(-prince, he who belongs to Nekhen,
Tehutihetep. The sab-ad-mer ............, great of
five, Kay's son Tehutihetep. The /m-prince, the
superintendent of the priests, Tehutihetep, born of
Sat-kheper-ka, possessing the reward of worth.-'''
Below this scene is another representing
three boats laden. The inscriptions accom-
panying them are fragmentary and difficult to
translate.
Inner Wall, centre, pi. ix. (see Key Plan t).
The framiug (technically "architrave") of the
door reaches nearly to the ceiling, and the little
space above was left blank. The framing itself
is very much destroyed. Of the lintel a fragment
of the right-hand end remains in situ. At the
top of it two horizontal lines of inscription
were incised, running in opposite directions.
The first shows the beginning of a prayer to
Anubis, the second the name of Tehutihetep at
the end of the line. Below this are the remains
of a figure. Two other pieces belonging to this
lintel are given in pi. ix., 4 and 5, but the
positions of these fragments are uncertain, and
the restoration of the scene is therefore impos-
sible. On each jamb are four vertical lines of
hieroglyphs, terminated by a single horizontal
line, giving the name and titles of Tehutihetep.
Very little remains of all this. At the bottom
of each jamb was a figure of Tehutihetep
standing with a staff in his left hand and a
Merp-sceptre in his right hand.
In the thickness of the wall are traces of a
vertical line of inscription in large hieroglyphs
as follows, repeated on each side :—
D
^i
D ^
Er-pa hd sab ad mer ur dua Zehutihetep neb dmak/i
" The erpfl-prince, the /nx-prince, the sab-ad-mer,
great of five, Tehutihetep, possessing the reward
of worth."
5. INNER CHAMBER, Pls. X.-XXXI.
Outer Wall, right side, pi. x. (see Key Plan p).
On the right-hand side of the front wall is a
scene of ceremonial purification.1
On a plinth stands Tehutihetep with his
arms to his sides, while two figures pour water
over him. For this ceremony he wears a wig
and false beard, a broad necklace and a short
pleated tunic; his feet are bare. His titles are
above him. On each side of him are corre-
1 Compare scenes of a similar character in Lepsius' Denlc-
mciler, Abth. ii., Bl. G5, tomb of Ra-shepses; ii. 104, S,
tomb of Ptah-hetep (Old Kingdom) ; and iii. 11, f., tomb of
Renni at El Kab (XVIIIth Dynasty).
15
Tehutihetep's head relates to the hamu en apdu
an er-pd, " catching of wild-fowl by the erpa-
prince, Tehutihetep."
In the last row are men bringing offerings of
the products of the marshes—wild-fowl, lotus-
flowers, &c.
Inner Wall, left side, pi. ix. (see Key Plan j).
On the other half of the wall beyond the
doorway, Tehutihetep stands in a canoe, spear-
ing fish. His dress is nearly the same as
in the picture just described, but he wears a
different waist-cloth. The harpoon is poised
in his hands ; the right-hand edge of the
picture is destroyed, but usually in these scenes
the harpoon has a double point, on which are
transfixed two fishes. A female relative kneels
in the middle of the boat, and another stands
holding a spare harpoon. In the field behind
are the figures of the three sons; the top
left-hand corner is broken away. The water
beneath is full of fish and blue and white
lotuses. Over Tehutihetep's head is :—
[Melts'] sek/iet seshu pehu meru...............an er-pa
ha semer uqti en mend dri NeMen Zehuti-hetep
......sab ad mer k/m-a. k/ierp did neb netert......
ur duct Kay sa Zehuti-hetep......ha. mer henu neter
Zehutiketep ......dr en Sat-kheper-lta neb dmak/i
" Canoeing in the papyrus beds, the pools of wild-
fowl, the marshes and the streams, by the erpa-
prince, the /«(-prince, he who belongs to Nekhen,
Tehutihetep. The sab-ad-mer ............, great of
five, Kay's son Tehutihetep. The /m-prince, the
superintendent of the priests, Tehutihetep, born of
Sat-kheper-ka, possessing the reward of worth.-'''
Below this scene is another representing
three boats laden. The inscriptions accom-
panying them are fragmentary and difficult to
translate.
Inner Wall, centre, pi. ix. (see Key Plan t).
The framiug (technically "architrave") of the
door reaches nearly to the ceiling, and the little
space above was left blank. The framing itself
is very much destroyed. Of the lintel a fragment
of the right-hand end remains in situ. At the
top of it two horizontal lines of inscription
were incised, running in opposite directions.
The first shows the beginning of a prayer to
Anubis, the second the name of Tehutihetep at
the end of the line. Below this are the remains
of a figure. Two other pieces belonging to this
lintel are given in pi. ix., 4 and 5, but the
positions of these fragments are uncertain, and
the restoration of the scene is therefore impos-
sible. On each jamb are four vertical lines of
hieroglyphs, terminated by a single horizontal
line, giving the name and titles of Tehutihetep.
Very little remains of all this. At the bottom
of each jamb was a figure of Tehutihetep
standing with a staff in his left hand and a
Merp-sceptre in his right hand.
In the thickness of the wall are traces of a
vertical line of inscription in large hieroglyphs
as follows, repeated on each side :—
D
^i
D ^
Er-pa hd sab ad mer ur dua Zehutihetep neb dmak/i
" The erpfl-prince, the /nx-prince, the sab-ad-mer,
great of five, Tehutihetep, possessing the reward
of worth."
5. INNER CHAMBER, Pls. X.-XXXI.
Outer Wall, right side, pi. x. (see Key Plan p).
On the right-hand side of the front wall is a
scene of ceremonial purification.1
On a plinth stands Tehutihetep with his
arms to his sides, while two figures pour water
over him. For this ceremony he wears a wig
and false beard, a broad necklace and a short
pleated tunic; his feet are bare. His titles are
above him. On each side of him are corre-
1 Compare scenes of a similar character in Lepsius' Denlc-
mciler, Abth. ii., Bl. G5, tomb of Ra-shepses; ii. 104, S,
tomb of Ptah-hetep (Old Kingdom) ; and iii. 11, f., tomb of
Renni at El Kab (XVIIIth Dynasty).