Griffith, Francis Ll. [Hrsg.]; Newberry, Percy E. [Hrsg.]: El Bersheh (Band 2) (London, 1895)

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EL BEKSHEH.

with blue hieroglyphs, represented a beam laid
transversely across the middle. In the middle
of the ceiling, and divided by this beam, was a
large space filled with chequer pattern of small
squares, each containing a 4-lobed ornament
-=§=■ and forming diagonal lines of red, white,
and yellow squares respectively. The remainder
of the ceiling was covered with columns of a
long religious text painted in green, with the
dividing lines blue. (See pis. v. and vi.)

The shrine has dado, scenes, and cornice
ornament similar to those of the main chamber,
but on a smaller scale, and the ceiling has the

chequer pattern only, without inscriptions or
beam band.

SCENES AND INSCRIPTIONS.

MAIN CHAMBER.

The only fragment likely to belong to the front
wall is No. 9 in pi. ix., which cannot be attri-
buted elsewhere. It is part of the formida debh
hetep per Tcheru met with in Tomb No. 10.1

KHEKER ORNAMENT

INSCRIPTION

Vertical Lines

Hunting Scene

Men Dracginc Sledce

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Standinc Ficure

OF

Funeral Barge towed by Ship

Tehuti-Nekht

Boatinc Scene

HUNTINC A
Fishing SCE.WE

Hippopotamus

DADO

Left-Hand Wall. ,

Of the side walls a good deal can be re-
covered. For the western or left-hand wall (see
diagram) we have a large piece in situ at the
inner end reaching from top to bottom; the
rest of the wall has been thrown backwards
by the earthquake, but upon it, high up near
the outer end, an inscription is still visible.
Besides these, the fragments Nos. 8 and 10 on
pi. ix. probably came from this wall.

At the top, below the hheher ornament, ran
a line of hieroglyphs, no doubt a prayer to the
deities for the owner of the tomb, correspond-
ing to that on the right-hand wall, of which

more is preserved (see p. 21). At the inner
end is the termination of the inscription—

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giving the name of Tehutinekht, born of Sat-
hez-hetep. The fragment No. 10 probably be-
longs to this line, but it is very unintelligible.

At the outer end there must have been a
large figure of Tehutinekht, looking up the
tomb and dominating the rows of scenes

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