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THE TOMB OF STIEDU.
11
young birds among tlic reeds are a favourite
subject in the IVtli and Vtli Dynasty. Below
is a variety of fish in the water, with the
inevitable crocodile and hippopotamus.
PI. XXIII. On the wall south of the door is
all the harvest and farm work. The wall is
much destroyed by the fall at the top, decay of
the face, and two large recesses cut by the
Copts. A good group of donkeys treading out
the grain is left near the door, the harvest is
seen at the other end, with a row of large
granaries in the background. Groups of cattle
and slaughtering fdled the lower part.
(18.) PI. XXIV. The outer facade at the
low level is much decayed and weathered by
exposure, and the scenes are only traceable in
part. Besides that it is thickly encrusted with
salt in much of the sculpture that remains.
The usual fish-spearing scene, with two fish
caught on a bident out of a pool before the
master, is given. In front of that is a very un-
usual sculpture, probably unique, of a pyramid
and temple before it, with a man opening the
door. Most unfortunately the decay prevents
our knowing whose pyramid this was. Lastly,
there arc servants with offerings at the base.
PI. XXV. On the opposite half of the facade
the scenes are so greatly destroyed that it was
useless to try to show their arrangement. One
line bears the funeral barge with the coffin
under a canopy, the boxes of funeral furniture
before and behind it, and a mourner seated
at either end. Behind that is a procession of
boats floating down the stream, the men all
holding their oars up, which is a position very
unusual or unknown on sculptures ; the re-
mainder of the boats are in less perfect condi-
tion. At the base of the Avail are servants
cooking the funeral feast. Parts of this lower
line are in perfect state, owing to having been
modelled in hard plaster instead of being cut in
soft limestone. At each end of the recess of
the facade are traces of a large figure of Shedu
standing.
On the sides of the passage leading from the
facade to the tomb above there are remains of
long inscriptions. The upper part having been
of built stone is all removed ; the lower part in
rock is thickly encrusted with salt. There is
shown here a small part of the north side of the
passage, with horizontal lines of titles of Shedu,
&c.; and a larger part of the south side, with
vertical columns of inscription of the titles of
Shedu. At the inner edge of this was a large
figure of Shedu, and his son Erdunefhotep,
whom we saw before in pi. xxii. For the dis-
cussion of these and the other inscriptions see
Chapter IX. by Mr. Griffith.
THE TOMB OF STIEDU.
11
young birds among tlic reeds are a favourite
subject in the IVtli and Vtli Dynasty. Below
is a variety of fish in the water, with the
inevitable crocodile and hippopotamus.
PI. XXIII. On the wall south of the door is
all the harvest and farm work. The wall is
much destroyed by the fall at the top, decay of
the face, and two large recesses cut by the
Copts. A good group of donkeys treading out
the grain is left near the door, the harvest is
seen at the other end, with a row of large
granaries in the background. Groups of cattle
and slaughtering fdled the lower part.
(18.) PI. XXIV. The outer facade at the
low level is much decayed and weathered by
exposure, and the scenes are only traceable in
part. Besides that it is thickly encrusted with
salt in much of the sculpture that remains.
The usual fish-spearing scene, with two fish
caught on a bident out of a pool before the
master, is given. In front of that is a very un-
usual sculpture, probably unique, of a pyramid
and temple before it, with a man opening the
door. Most unfortunately the decay prevents
our knowing whose pyramid this was. Lastly,
there arc servants with offerings at the base.
PI. XXV. On the opposite half of the facade
the scenes are so greatly destroyed that it was
useless to try to show their arrangement. One
line bears the funeral barge with the coffin
under a canopy, the boxes of funeral furniture
before and behind it, and a mourner seated
at either end. Behind that is a procession of
boats floating down the stream, the men all
holding their oars up, which is a position very
unusual or unknown on sculptures ; the re-
mainder of the boats are in less perfect condi-
tion. At the base of the Avail are servants
cooking the funeral feast. Parts of this lower
line are in perfect state, owing to having been
modelled in hard plaster instead of being cut in
soft limestone. At each end of the recess of
the facade are traces of a large figure of Shedu
standing.
On the sides of the passage leading from the
facade to the tomb above there are remains of
long inscriptions. The upper part having been
of built stone is all removed ; the lower part in
rock is thickly encrusted with salt. There is
shown here a small part of the north side of the
passage, with horizontal lines of titles of Shedu,
&c.; and a larger part of the south side, with
vertical columns of inscription of the titles of
Shedu. At the inner edge of this was a large
figure of Shedu, and his son Erdunefhotep,
whom we saw before in pi. xxii. For the dis-
cussion of these and the other inscriptions see
Chapter IX. by Mr. Griffith.