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purpose can be served by copying that list in this place. The exact provenience of each
object, as I have said, was of no significance. The greatest desideratum is the selection of
the objects which belonged to the main burial, and this I propose now to undertake in the
following list, using the principles laid down above.
(а) Statues and statuettes:
The important pieces of statues and statuettes found in the debris of K III are described
in Chapter XX, Sculpture, under the nos. 2, 8,15,19,22, 27, 28, 32 (the statue of Sennuwy),
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 58, 60, 64, 65, 72, 74, 75, 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, and 93. A
large number of fragments too insignificant to describe but belonging probably in part at
least to the figures just mentioned were recorded under seventeen numbers in the register.
The largest of all the figures were the two life-size statues, one of Prince Hepzefa and the
other of his wife, the Lady Sennuwy, apparently companion pieces. The statue of Sen-
nuwy was found standing on the floor of the sacrificial corridor about ten meters west of
the doorway to A and apparently not far from its original position (pl. 7, 1). Of Hep-
zefa’s statue only the battered throne and legs from the waist down were preserved in one
piece; and this was lying in the upper debris in a compartment next to the main chambers
(pl. 7, 2). The inscriptions on these two statues show that Hepzefa and Sennuwy are the
same man and wife whose names occur in the famous Tomb of the Ten Contracts at Assiut.
In size and workmanship the two pieces far exceed any of the other figures found in this
tumulus. This with their association leaves no doubt that K III is the tomb of Prince
Hepzefa.
Three statuettes (not statues) bore the following names:
No. 48. The chief of the Southern Tens, Wuah-ib, son of Sehetep-ib.
No. 55. The chancellor, the great master, the overseer of sealers, Ameny, son of the steward,
lay, and of the mistress of the house, Baket.
No. 60. The overseer of the sealers, Ken, son of Senuwankh.
There were also fragments of fourteen other private statuettes, some of which may have
been of Hepzefa, although some were certainly of other officials whose names have been
lost in the smashing of the figures. Fragments of several statues apparently with royal
insignia accompanied these, as at the other tumuli. In Chapter XX, I give the reasons for
assigning all these figures to the main burial and fixing their original standing place as the
sacrificial corridor around the entrance to the main burial chamber.
(б) Boat-models of blue-glazed faience:
In and about room C, a large number of fragments were found of at least two model
boats of fine blue faience decorated with incised black lines. With these were fragments of
figures in the traditional attitudes of rowers, sailors, and other members of the crew.1 Two
models of boats in grey granite were found in K IV B and parts of a wooden boat in K X.
(c) Faience vessels:
A large number of fragments of faience vessels were also found in the debris of K III,
as at the other tumuli, and of these twelve from as many different vessels are described in
Chapter XXV, Vol. VI, pp. 156-169, passim.
1 For a full description with restoration, see Chapter XXV, Faience, Vol. VI, p. 170.
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purpose can be served by copying that list in this place. The exact provenience of each
object, as I have said, was of no significance. The greatest desideratum is the selection of
the objects which belonged to the main burial, and this I propose now to undertake in the
following list, using the principles laid down above.
(а) Statues and statuettes:
The important pieces of statues and statuettes found in the debris of K III are described
in Chapter XX, Sculpture, under the nos. 2, 8,15,19,22, 27, 28, 32 (the statue of Sennuwy),
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 58, 60, 64, 65, 72, 74, 75, 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, and 93. A
large number of fragments too insignificant to describe but belonging probably in part at
least to the figures just mentioned were recorded under seventeen numbers in the register.
The largest of all the figures were the two life-size statues, one of Prince Hepzefa and the
other of his wife, the Lady Sennuwy, apparently companion pieces. The statue of Sen-
nuwy was found standing on the floor of the sacrificial corridor about ten meters west of
the doorway to A and apparently not far from its original position (pl. 7, 1). Of Hep-
zefa’s statue only the battered throne and legs from the waist down were preserved in one
piece; and this was lying in the upper debris in a compartment next to the main chambers
(pl. 7, 2). The inscriptions on these two statues show that Hepzefa and Sennuwy are the
same man and wife whose names occur in the famous Tomb of the Ten Contracts at Assiut.
In size and workmanship the two pieces far exceed any of the other figures found in this
tumulus. This with their association leaves no doubt that K III is the tomb of Prince
Hepzefa.
Three statuettes (not statues) bore the following names:
No. 48. The chief of the Southern Tens, Wuah-ib, son of Sehetep-ib.
No. 55. The chancellor, the great master, the overseer of sealers, Ameny, son of the steward,
lay, and of the mistress of the house, Baket.
No. 60. The overseer of the sealers, Ken, son of Senuwankh.
There were also fragments of fourteen other private statuettes, some of which may have
been of Hepzefa, although some were certainly of other officials whose names have been
lost in the smashing of the figures. Fragments of several statues apparently with royal
insignia accompanied these, as at the other tumuli. In Chapter XX, I give the reasons for
assigning all these figures to the main burial and fixing their original standing place as the
sacrificial corridor around the entrance to the main burial chamber.
(б) Boat-models of blue-glazed faience:
In and about room C, a large number of fragments were found of at least two model
boats of fine blue faience decorated with incised black lines. With these were fragments of
figures in the traditional attitudes of rowers, sailors, and other members of the crew.1 Two
models of boats in grey granite were found in K IV B and parts of a wooden boat in K X.
(c) Faience vessels:
A large number of fragments of faience vessels were also found in the debris of K III,
as at the other tumuli, and of these twelve from as many different vessels are described in
Chapter XXV, Vol. VI, pp. 156-169, passim.
1 For a full description with restoration, see Chapter XXV, Faience, Vol. VI, p. 170.