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CHARACTERISTICS AND DATE OF THE EASTERN CEMETERY
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faience vessels of which numerous fragments were found in all the great tumuli, K III,
KIV, K X, K XVI, K XVIII, K XIX, and K XX. Some of these classes of objects
occurred also in the minor tumuli, of which the statuette from K XV is especially to be
noted. In this connection the presence of subsidiary burials in K XIII and K XXXV will
also be recalled. Thus it is clear that while the great tumuli are by far the most important,
the minor tumuli are also the tombs of important men, who share in a way the better classes
of objects placed in the great tumuli and in the estimation which attracted subsidiary
graves. It is unfortunate that the complete plundering of these minor tumuli has left so
little by which to determine their exact date and the rank of their owners.
When we refer to such inscriptions as have been preserved to us, we find the following
names:
K III, statuettes from the main burial and surrounding debris:
1. Hepzefa, Prince of Assiut.
2. The Lady, Sennuwy, wife of Hepzeja and daughter of Idy-a’a.
3. The chief of the southern tens, Wuah-ib, son of Sehepib and Meryl.
4. The chancellor, the great over-lord, the overseer of the sealers, Ameny, son of the
steward, lay, and of the Lady, Baket.
5. The overseer of the sealers, Ken, son of Sennuwankh.
Four other statuettes of officials have no name at present.
K 325, alabaster jar inscribed with the usual funerary offering formula:
6. The scribe of the temple of Horus of El-Kab, Hor-her-i’at.
K 334, alabaster jar inscribed with the usual funerary offering formula:
7. The ivy-pal (hereditary prince) of El-Kab (?), Sebek-nekht.
K III, debris, a magical wand of ivory, incomplete:
8. The (servant-title) of the king’s mother, Yatti, (name lost). This
is probably the same king’s mother as the Yati of the Golenischef scarab.1
K III, debris, a broken alabaster jar:
9. The great scribe of the cattle (?), ly-mer, son of
K IV, statuettes from the main burial and surrounding debris:
1. The hereditary prince, the nomarch, (name lost); standing statuette with
chancellor’s wig.
2. The herald, Ankh-khuw, son of Khuwyt.
A statuette of a woman and eight statuettes of men were identified, but no names were
preserved.
K X, statuettes from the main burial and the surrounding debris:
1. King Sesostris III (T).
2. King Sesheshrakhuwtauwy.
At least seven private statuettes of which the names are lost.
K X B, No. 315, body JH: a scarab:
3. The royal sealer, the overseer of the sealers, Ha’ar, known from at least twelve scarabs
found in Egypt and ascribed to Dynasty XIII by Petrie, to the Hyksos Period by
Newberry, on the basis of style alone.
K X, grave 1033: a scarab:
4. The overseer of the house of khbs, Senebtify.
1 Petrie, Scarabs, Pl. XIX.
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faience vessels of which numerous fragments were found in all the great tumuli, K III,
KIV, K X, K XVI, K XVIII, K XIX, and K XX. Some of these classes of objects
occurred also in the minor tumuli, of which the statuette from K XV is especially to be
noted. In this connection the presence of subsidiary burials in K XIII and K XXXV will
also be recalled. Thus it is clear that while the great tumuli are by far the most important,
the minor tumuli are also the tombs of important men, who share in a way the better classes
of objects placed in the great tumuli and in the estimation which attracted subsidiary
graves. It is unfortunate that the complete plundering of these minor tumuli has left so
little by which to determine their exact date and the rank of their owners.
When we refer to such inscriptions as have been preserved to us, we find the following
names:
K III, statuettes from the main burial and surrounding debris:
1. Hepzefa, Prince of Assiut.
2. The Lady, Sennuwy, wife of Hepzeja and daughter of Idy-a’a.
3. The chief of the southern tens, Wuah-ib, son of Sehepib and Meryl.
4. The chancellor, the great over-lord, the overseer of the sealers, Ameny, son of the
steward, lay, and of the Lady, Baket.
5. The overseer of the sealers, Ken, son of Sennuwankh.
Four other statuettes of officials have no name at present.
K 325, alabaster jar inscribed with the usual funerary offering formula:
6. The scribe of the temple of Horus of El-Kab, Hor-her-i’at.
K 334, alabaster jar inscribed with the usual funerary offering formula:
7. The ivy-pal (hereditary prince) of El-Kab (?), Sebek-nekht.
K III, debris, a magical wand of ivory, incomplete:
8. The (servant-title) of the king’s mother, Yatti, (name lost). This
is probably the same king’s mother as the Yati of the Golenischef scarab.1
K III, debris, a broken alabaster jar:
9. The great scribe of the cattle (?), ly-mer, son of
K IV, statuettes from the main burial and surrounding debris:
1. The hereditary prince, the nomarch, (name lost); standing statuette with
chancellor’s wig.
2. The herald, Ankh-khuw, son of Khuwyt.
A statuette of a woman and eight statuettes of men were identified, but no names were
preserved.
K X, statuettes from the main burial and the surrounding debris:
1. King Sesostris III (T).
2. King Sesheshrakhuwtauwy.
At least seven private statuettes of which the names are lost.
K X B, No. 315, body JH: a scarab:
3. The royal sealer, the overseer of the sealers, Ha’ar, known from at least twelve scarabs
found in Egypt and ascribed to Dynasty XIII by Petrie, to the Hyksos Period by
Newberry, on the basis of style alone.
K X, grave 1033: a scarab:
4. The overseer of the house of khbs, Senebtify.
1 Petrie, Scarabs, Pl. XIX.