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CHAPTER II.
THE TOMB OF SHEDU.
(12.) This tomb is of very unusual form.
In place of having a sculptured front to the
chamber, the entrance is in a facade at a lower
level on the hill-side, and rises by a flight of
steps to the higher level of the chamber (pi.
iii.). The facade had a rock roof projecting over
it, supported by two pillars, and a wide court
before it. Rising to the chamber level through
a passage lined with sculpture and inscriptions,
the sculptured chamber is reached, divided in
two by a row of three pillars and two pilasters
across it from side to side. All of these pillars
have been cut away for stone. There is the
usual recess for a false door in the western side ;
and to the south of that is the serdab chamber.
The floor of the recess is mostly occupied with
the pit leading down to the sepulchral chamber.
This pit under-cuts the south side of the recess,
and a narrow little hole is pierced through the
rock to a niche cut in the serdab chamber.
Thus after the pit was floored over by beams,
the holes for which remain, there would still be
an opening into it from the serdab chamber.
And from the serdab a narrow cutting led up to
the open air through the rock roof. Thus the
ba would find no obstruction in flying down into
the sepulchre, visiting the statues in the serdab,
or gaining the outer air.
(13.) IT. XV. This wall had the figure of
Ateta, surnamed Shedu, standing and beholding
his estate. The top line is entirely destroyed by
the falling in of the top and roof. The second
line shows the fowlers working a clap-net, and
bringing up the birds which have been caught.
In the third line are goats browsing on two
trees ; and a herd of another species. At the
base is the river with a herd of cattle crossing,
led by three men in a boat. Unhappily this
wall is much cut to pieces Avith large recesses
made by the Copts; and two long Coptic
scrawls are scratched on the clearest surfaces.
PL XVI. Half of the end wall up to the
pilaster shows Shedu beholding his vineyard.
Above are offerings, some placed on a table.
Below is the large vine on props, with three
men picking the clusters. The next scene
should be putting the wine in jars, but it is too
much destroyed to be understood. At the base
is the storing of the wine in jars.
PI. XVII. On the other half of the end wall
is Shedu beholding his lea priests. A pile of
offerings fills the top, placed upon stands and
tables; and below are three rows of priests
bearing jars, palm-spathes, lotus flowers, a calf,
ears of corn, ducks, loaves of bread, &c. Before
Shedu is his sister; but her name has been
completely erased.
(14.) PI. XVIII. To the north of the
recess, on the west wall, is Shedu beholding his
cattle. At the top we have the scribe of the
estate writing the accounts, and tables of
offerings behind him. Below are the cattle
breeding, and milking; the determinative of a
stream of milk in the hieroglyphs is perhaps a
new sign. In the third line are other cattle,
two bulls fighting, and half-a-dozen calves.
At the base is a scene of binding the ox for
sacrifice. This is an important example, as it
shows that the small figures usually seen drag-
ging down the great sacrificial ox are the sons
of the man. At the front is one named " his
son Khan-sebek," and another named " Kliu-
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CHAPTER II.
THE TOMB OF SHEDU.
(12.) This tomb is of very unusual form.
In place of having a sculptured front to the
chamber, the entrance is in a facade at a lower
level on the hill-side, and rises by a flight of
steps to the higher level of the chamber (pi.
iii.). The facade had a rock roof projecting over
it, supported by two pillars, and a wide court
before it. Rising to the chamber level through
a passage lined with sculpture and inscriptions,
the sculptured chamber is reached, divided in
two by a row of three pillars and two pilasters
across it from side to side. All of these pillars
have been cut away for stone. There is the
usual recess for a false door in the western side ;
and to the south of that is the serdab chamber.
The floor of the recess is mostly occupied with
the pit leading down to the sepulchral chamber.
This pit under-cuts the south side of the recess,
and a narrow little hole is pierced through the
rock to a niche cut in the serdab chamber.
Thus after the pit was floored over by beams,
the holes for which remain, there would still be
an opening into it from the serdab chamber.
And from the serdab a narrow cutting led up to
the open air through the rock roof. Thus the
ba would find no obstruction in flying down into
the sepulchre, visiting the statues in the serdab,
or gaining the outer air.
(13.) IT. XV. This wall had the figure of
Ateta, surnamed Shedu, standing and beholding
his estate. The top line is entirely destroyed by
the falling in of the top and roof. The second
line shows the fowlers working a clap-net, and
bringing up the birds which have been caught.
In the third line are goats browsing on two
trees ; and a herd of another species. At the
base is the river with a herd of cattle crossing,
led by three men in a boat. Unhappily this
wall is much cut to pieces Avith large recesses
made by the Copts; and two long Coptic
scrawls are scratched on the clearest surfaces.
PL XVI. Half of the end wall up to the
pilaster shows Shedu beholding his vineyard.
Above are offerings, some placed on a table.
Below is the large vine on props, with three
men picking the clusters. The next scene
should be putting the wine in jars, but it is too
much destroyed to be understood. At the base
is the storing of the wine in jars.
PI. XVII. On the other half of the end wall
is Shedu beholding his lea priests. A pile of
offerings fills the top, placed upon stands and
tables; and below are three rows of priests
bearing jars, palm-spathes, lotus flowers, a calf,
ears of corn, ducks, loaves of bread, &c. Before
Shedu is his sister; but her name has been
completely erased.
(14.) PI. XVIII. To the north of the
recess, on the west wall, is Shedu beholding his
cattle. At the top we have the scribe of the
estate writing the accounts, and tables of
offerings behind him. Below are the cattle
breeding, and milking; the determinative of a
stream of milk in the hieroglyphs is perhaps a
new sign. In the third line are other cattle,
two bulls fighting, and half-a-dozen calves.
At the base is a scene of binding the ox for
sacrifice. This is an important example, as it
shows that the small figures usually seen drag-
ging down the great sacrificial ox are the sons
of the man. At the front is one named " his
son Khan-sebek," and another named " Kliu-