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RAHETEP AND PARAHETEP TOMB
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who is in the coffin, the Osiris, Rahetep, deceased,
lord of devotion ”; a figure (J) of Thoth closes the
series.
At the feet was a figure of Nebhat, “Words spoken
by Nebhat, ‘I come unto thee, Osiris, Divine Father
(of Ptah) at the temple, Divine Father, [Ra]hetep,
deceased, giving a funeral dwelling (?).’ ” On either
side is the zed and thet.
At the head is the figure of Isis. “The words spoken
by Isis, ‘I [come]... dwelling for the divine father of
Ptah, ruler of the city, vezier, Rahetep, deceased.’”
Above these are two fragments, probably from
the sarcophagus of Pa-ra-hetep. The first appears to
read “ unto the temple of Hesa, prince of Amentet”;
this throws light on Hesa being a duplicate of
Osiris, see Lanzone, Diz. Mit. 850 where Hesa is
only stated to be an early god of unknown function.
Another fragment refers perhaps to Hesa again,
“ prince of Amentet.” Lastly there is the inscription
on the base of a statue of Rahetep, “ Offering
given to Hathor, lady of Amt res, mistress of the
western land; and given to Anup uti in his temple.”
Amt res, the southern sycomore, is doubtless equi-
valent to Amt khent, Herakleopolis, in contrast to
the northern sycomore of the Illrd nome.
52. In the chamber of the sarcophagi lay the
granite altar of offerings, lxxi, 6, in the south
corner; the basalt stele, lxxi, 4, was at the entrance
to this chamber. Here also lay the base of a pair
of hard limestone figures, Ivi, 3, 4, 5. Another base
and a pectoral of wood lay in the north-west
chamber. It is evident that the whole place had
been so ravaged that none of the moveable objects
are in their original positions; and it was so easy to
throw blocks down the great shaft, when destroying
the chapel on the surface, that no conclusions
can be drawn from positions. The objects will be
described here, therefore, in the order of the plates.
The wide scattering of pieces of the tomb-chapel
and statues, makes it impossible to identify the
source of all the loose blocks, and they are there-
fore all described together.
XXII. 16—24. Fragments of limestone columns,
found widely scattered; no. 24 has the name of
Rahetep, and the other blocks, being of similar
work, are doubtless all from his tomb-chapel. The
diameters of the columns are, no. 18, i7-4 inches;
no. 20, 2o-6 inches; no. 21, 22T/2 inches; no. 22, about
20 inches; base of no. 24, 19r/2 inches. There are
thus certainly three sizes, implying as many different
positions of columnar work.
53. LVI. r. Part of figure of an unknown vezier,
from a scene of purification.
2. Upper part of a figure of a vezier Tehutimes;
this was from the tomb of Rahetep, yet this vezier
was of the time of Amenhetep II; there may be
a tomb of that reign close by, or this vezier may
have been an ancestor commemorated by Rahetep,
or this may be a later vezier Tehutmes, who has
been supposed to belong to the XXth dynasty
(Weil, Veziere 45, p. 119).
3. Inscription down the front of a hard limestone
figure of a vezier (see the two scarf ends), with
the arm of the wife joining at the right side.
Above is 4, the offering formula (without nesut) to
Hathor and Seker, and (5) on the base the ends of
names, that of the vezier ...my, and of the wife ...ry.
The group was 28 inches wide and the base 14 inches
thick. (Reburied.) The sarcophagus, 6, on this plate,
has been already noted under Pa-hen-neter, sect. 49.
LXXI. 1. Side of an alabaster altar, with legs
of lions in relief. This is the latter stage of an altar
like the alabaster libation-tables found near the
Step-pyramid (Cairo Museum, 63—4). The purpose
of this block is evident, as on the front of it there
was drawn a list of offerings, the cutting of which
had been slightly begun and then abandoned. The
white patches all over the surface are due to the
hammer dressing not having been polished away.
(Cairo; and another, imperfect, reburied.)
54. 2. Limestone lintel of Rahetep, found broken
in the great tomb, 216, about 150 feet from tomb 201.
At each end is a figure of Rahetep, kneeling in
adoration of the cartouches of Ramessu II in the
middle. The inscriptions of adoration are by “ the
heir, the prince, the keeper of Nekhen, priest of
Maot, ruler of the city, vezier, Rahetep, of the
palace of Ramessu mery Amen, the great ka of the
Hor-akhti.” This adulation of the king is repeated
on lxxii, 3. The great stele, 4, is noted under the
copy, pi. lxxiii, and the altar, 6, is on pi. lxxii.
LXXII. 1. A fragment of the vezier’s titles.
2. Part of a scene of Thoth introducing Rahetep
before Osiris in a shrine, with the four children
of Horus in front of him. “ Words spoken by
Tehuti, lord of divine speech for the ruler of the
city, vezier, Rahetep.”
3. Jamb of a doorway of the tomb of Nebhetep,
with mention of Rahetep by “ the servant of the
palace of Ramessu mery Amen, the great ka of
the Hor-akhti, Nebhetep, justified in peace.” This
is the same adulation of the king as on lxxi, 2.
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who is in the coffin, the Osiris, Rahetep, deceased,
lord of devotion ”; a figure (J) of Thoth closes the
series.
At the feet was a figure of Nebhat, “Words spoken
by Nebhat, ‘I come unto thee, Osiris, Divine Father
(of Ptah) at the temple, Divine Father, [Ra]hetep,
deceased, giving a funeral dwelling (?).’ ” On either
side is the zed and thet.
At the head is the figure of Isis. “The words spoken
by Isis, ‘I [come]... dwelling for the divine father of
Ptah, ruler of the city, vezier, Rahetep, deceased.’”
Above these are two fragments, probably from
the sarcophagus of Pa-ra-hetep. The first appears to
read “ unto the temple of Hesa, prince of Amentet”;
this throws light on Hesa being a duplicate of
Osiris, see Lanzone, Diz. Mit. 850 where Hesa is
only stated to be an early god of unknown function.
Another fragment refers perhaps to Hesa again,
“ prince of Amentet.” Lastly there is the inscription
on the base of a statue of Rahetep, “ Offering
given to Hathor, lady of Amt res, mistress of the
western land; and given to Anup uti in his temple.”
Amt res, the southern sycomore, is doubtless equi-
valent to Amt khent, Herakleopolis, in contrast to
the northern sycomore of the Illrd nome.
52. In the chamber of the sarcophagi lay the
granite altar of offerings, lxxi, 6, in the south
corner; the basalt stele, lxxi, 4, was at the entrance
to this chamber. Here also lay the base of a pair
of hard limestone figures, Ivi, 3, 4, 5. Another base
and a pectoral of wood lay in the north-west
chamber. It is evident that the whole place had
been so ravaged that none of the moveable objects
are in their original positions; and it was so easy to
throw blocks down the great shaft, when destroying
the chapel on the surface, that no conclusions
can be drawn from positions. The objects will be
described here, therefore, in the order of the plates.
The wide scattering of pieces of the tomb-chapel
and statues, makes it impossible to identify the
source of all the loose blocks, and they are there-
fore all described together.
XXII. 16—24. Fragments of limestone columns,
found widely scattered; no. 24 has the name of
Rahetep, and the other blocks, being of similar
work, are doubtless all from his tomb-chapel. The
diameters of the columns are, no. 18, i7-4 inches;
no. 20, 2o-6 inches; no. 21, 22T/2 inches; no. 22, about
20 inches; base of no. 24, 19r/2 inches. There are
thus certainly three sizes, implying as many different
positions of columnar work.
53. LVI. r. Part of figure of an unknown vezier,
from a scene of purification.
2. Upper part of a figure of a vezier Tehutimes;
this was from the tomb of Rahetep, yet this vezier
was of the time of Amenhetep II; there may be
a tomb of that reign close by, or this vezier may
have been an ancestor commemorated by Rahetep,
or this may be a later vezier Tehutmes, who has
been supposed to belong to the XXth dynasty
(Weil, Veziere 45, p. 119).
3. Inscription down the front of a hard limestone
figure of a vezier (see the two scarf ends), with
the arm of the wife joining at the right side.
Above is 4, the offering formula (without nesut) to
Hathor and Seker, and (5) on the base the ends of
names, that of the vezier ...my, and of the wife ...ry.
The group was 28 inches wide and the base 14 inches
thick. (Reburied.) The sarcophagus, 6, on this plate,
has been already noted under Pa-hen-neter, sect. 49.
LXXI. 1. Side of an alabaster altar, with legs
of lions in relief. This is the latter stage of an altar
like the alabaster libation-tables found near the
Step-pyramid (Cairo Museum, 63—4). The purpose
of this block is evident, as on the front of it there
was drawn a list of offerings, the cutting of which
had been slightly begun and then abandoned. The
white patches all over the surface are due to the
hammer dressing not having been polished away.
(Cairo; and another, imperfect, reburied.)
54. 2. Limestone lintel of Rahetep, found broken
in the great tomb, 216, about 150 feet from tomb 201.
At each end is a figure of Rahetep, kneeling in
adoration of the cartouches of Ramessu II in the
middle. The inscriptions of adoration are by “ the
heir, the prince, the keeper of Nekhen, priest of
Maot, ruler of the city, vezier, Rahetep, of the
palace of Ramessu mery Amen, the great ka of the
Hor-akhti.” This adulation of the king is repeated
on lxxii, 3. The great stele, 4, is noted under the
copy, pi. lxxiii, and the altar, 6, is on pi. lxxii.
LXXII. 1. A fragment of the vezier’s titles.
2. Part of a scene of Thoth introducing Rahetep
before Osiris in a shrine, with the four children
of Horus in front of him. “ Words spoken by
Tehuti, lord of divine speech for the ruler of the
city, vezier, Rahetep.”
3. Jamb of a doorway of the tomb of Nebhetep,
with mention of Rahetep by “ the servant of the
palace of Ramessu mery Amen, the great ka of
the Hor-akhti, Nebhetep, justified in peace.” This
is the same adulation of the king as on lxxi, 2.