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TOMB No. 5. FACADE AND MAIN CHAMBER.
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27................ uru sema ta ......... ur dua .........
Merp nesti mer hen neter her tep da ne Tint dmakh
Ahanekht mad kheru
17. "The /la-prince, regulator of the two thrones,
superintendent of the priests, great of name in the
two lands of Horns, superintendent of the South.
I made great monuments in the temple of my lord
Thoth ............
18. I made festivals, I gave (each) office to its
(rightful) owner ......... [temple] (which) I built
anew (?) to my lord Thoth, I placed my name
[upon it] ......... I built .........
19....... I brought in ...... in order to make my
name live upon the monuments that I made ......
rejoicing the heart with what it desired ......
[brother of (?)] Thoth in weighing things.
20. Star of Horus in heaven, pure of hands............
pleasing the heart in the place
21. of......... leading him who calls to his place (?)
on the day of great tempests: ......... my chief
being like Horus in the divine se/ctet-boat. Great
caller of the lord of
22. lords. Foremost of the foremost, I was beloved
of the king (?): I was a warrior of close combat
23........................ [I found the skein in] its en-
tanglement, possessor of method in the council of
the officers
24. on the day of painful words, valiant of heart to
...... on the day of...... words ......... Ahanekht,
the /i-a-prince, the regulator of the two thrones,
superintendent of the priests, I was pure, free of
25. false-swearing, ..................... great of fruits,
abounding in choice viands, pure of hands in the
vessel
26. of god. Satisfying the places of the temple,
speaking according to his voice, the Pat are
subdued, the Rehhyt are silenced: ... great ...
wielding the rudder ; the king steered (?) the land
according to my method: greedy (?) of oxen the
27................ great of five ............ regulator of
the two thrones, superintendent of the priests,
Great Chief of the Hare nome, the devoted one,
Ahanekht, justified."
Thickness of the Walls. — On either side
of the entrance passage to the outer chamber
(i.e. the " thickness of the walls ") were three
columns of hieroglyphs giving the usual
prayers and the name and titles of Ahanekht,
beneath which was a seated figure of the
prince. Of the inscription on the right-hand
side three fragments are preserved (see pi. xiii.).
The first line gave the Be hetep seten formula
to Osiris, lord of Dadu and Abydos. The
second and third lines give titles of Ahanekht,
among which occur Merp shenzet," Regulator of
the tunic," and Ij " Merp......, a title which
appears also at Beni Hasan.1
Of the corresponding inscription on the
opposite side three pieces are preserved. The
first line gave the Be hetep seten formula to
Anubis Upon his hill, Within Ut, Lord of the
Sacred Land. The second and third lines give
titles of Ahanekht, and among others the fol-
lowing :—ur res met, " noble of the Southern
ten," ur ha met, " noble of the Northern ten,"
ur dua em per Zehuti, " Great of five in the
house of Thoth," and hen neter nas (?) medu (?)
" priest of the Pronouncer of words (?)."
Feont Wall : Left Side (pi. xiv.).—The prin-
cipal figure is of Ahanekht seated, stretching out
his right hand as if to an altar in front of him.
The rows in front are extremely mutilated, but
the three rowTs below are in better preserva-
tion. The top one shows figures dancing in
his presence. The dancers are in light clothing,
with their hair tied by a fillet. Portions of
four figures remain, with a fifth facing them
and beating time. Beneath are two rows of
cattle, with bull-fight, milking, and birth of
a calf, &c. Near the feet of Ahanekht is an
ox cut up, and over his head are three lines of
hieroglyphs with his name, and in the third a
funeral prayer to Anubis.
Bight Side (pi. xv.).—Of the corresponding
scene on the right-hand side the large figure is
lost. Some fragments remain towards the
bottom corner. These show a large pond, with
two clumps of blue lotus and ducks and geese
of different sizes. Three men bring birds alive
Beni Hasan, Part I., pi. vii.
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->
Ci
27................ uru sema ta ......... ur dua .........
Merp nesti mer hen neter her tep da ne Tint dmakh
Ahanekht mad kheru
17. "The /la-prince, regulator of the two thrones,
superintendent of the priests, great of name in the
two lands of Horns, superintendent of the South.
I made great monuments in the temple of my lord
Thoth ............
18. I made festivals, I gave (each) office to its
(rightful) owner ......... [temple] (which) I built
anew (?) to my lord Thoth, I placed my name
[upon it] ......... I built .........
19....... I brought in ...... in order to make my
name live upon the monuments that I made ......
rejoicing the heart with what it desired ......
[brother of (?)] Thoth in weighing things.
20. Star of Horus in heaven, pure of hands............
pleasing the heart in the place
21. of......... leading him who calls to his place (?)
on the day of great tempests: ......... my chief
being like Horus in the divine se/ctet-boat. Great
caller of the lord of
22. lords. Foremost of the foremost, I was beloved
of the king (?): I was a warrior of close combat
23........................ [I found the skein in] its en-
tanglement, possessor of method in the council of
the officers
24. on the day of painful words, valiant of heart to
...... on the day of...... words ......... Ahanekht,
the /i-a-prince, the regulator of the two thrones,
superintendent of the priests, I was pure, free of
25. false-swearing, ..................... great of fruits,
abounding in choice viands, pure of hands in the
vessel
26. of god. Satisfying the places of the temple,
speaking according to his voice, the Pat are
subdued, the Rehhyt are silenced: ... great ...
wielding the rudder ; the king steered (?) the land
according to my method: greedy (?) of oxen the
27................ great of five ............ regulator of
the two thrones, superintendent of the priests,
Great Chief of the Hare nome, the devoted one,
Ahanekht, justified."
Thickness of the Walls. — On either side
of the entrance passage to the outer chamber
(i.e. the " thickness of the walls ") were three
columns of hieroglyphs giving the usual
prayers and the name and titles of Ahanekht,
beneath which was a seated figure of the
prince. Of the inscription on the right-hand
side three fragments are preserved (see pi. xiii.).
The first line gave the Be hetep seten formula
to Osiris, lord of Dadu and Abydos. The
second and third lines give titles of Ahanekht,
among which occur Merp shenzet," Regulator of
the tunic," and Ij " Merp......, a title which
appears also at Beni Hasan.1
Of the corresponding inscription on the
opposite side three pieces are preserved. The
first line gave the Be hetep seten formula to
Anubis Upon his hill, Within Ut, Lord of the
Sacred Land. The second and third lines give
titles of Ahanekht, and among others the fol-
lowing :—ur res met, " noble of the Southern
ten," ur ha met, " noble of the Northern ten,"
ur dua em per Zehuti, " Great of five in the
house of Thoth," and hen neter nas (?) medu (?)
" priest of the Pronouncer of words (?)."
Feont Wall : Left Side (pi. xiv.).—The prin-
cipal figure is of Ahanekht seated, stretching out
his right hand as if to an altar in front of him.
The rows in front are extremely mutilated, but
the three rowTs below are in better preserva-
tion. The top one shows figures dancing in
his presence. The dancers are in light clothing,
with their hair tied by a fillet. Portions of
four figures remain, with a fifth facing them
and beating time. Beneath are two rows of
cattle, with bull-fight, milking, and birth of
a calf, &c. Near the feet of Ahanekht is an
ox cut up, and over his head are three lines of
hieroglyphs with his name, and in the third a
funeral prayer to Anubis.
Bight Side (pi. xv.).—Of the corresponding
scene on the right-hand side the large figure is
lost. Some fragments remain towards the
bottom corner. These show a large pond, with
two clumps of blue lotus and ducks and geese
of different sizes. Three men bring birds alive
Beni Hasan, Part I., pi. vii.
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