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SCULPTURE
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70) were certainly from private statues. None of them was found in such a situation as to
force the conclusion that it had been originally in use in the building K II.
At K III, the tomb of Hepzefa, all the statues and the fragments were found in dis-
turbed debris or in drifts of sand and dust. All were in excavations which had been made
by the plunderers of the main burial and of the subsidiary graves, and had been covered
either by debris thrown out subsequently by the plunderers, or by sand and dust drifted
into the holes by the wind. But the statue of the Lady Sennuwy was clearly not far from
its original place, standing on the floor of the corridor, and covered with drifted debris.
This piece was about tpn meters west of the entrance to the two main burial vaults, while
the broken basis of Hepzefa’s statue was in a compartment just south of them. In this
region to the south, we found most of the fragments, including three nearly complete pieces
(Nos. 48, 49, and 64), and five pieces (Nos. 26, 46, 51, 55, and 60) of which the greater part
was preserved. It was clear that these statues and statuettes were broken in the place
where they were found near the center of the tumulus. No fragments were found of cer-
tainly royal statues, but four small fragments (Nos. 2, 8, 15, and 19) may have been from
royal statues. The private statues include those of the nomarch Hepzefa, and of his wife
Sennuwy, of the chief of the Southern Tens, Wuah-ib (No. 48), of the chancellor Ameny
(No. 55), and of the overseer of sealers, Ken (No. 60). Others had been inscribed, but the
names were not preserved. Thirty-two of the ninety-four numbers listed below came from
K III; but in addition, one hundred and sixty-seven fragments were recorded which were
not of sufficient importance to note in this chapter.
In tumulus K IV, most of the fragments of statuettes were in the disturbed debris in
the main chamber and in the adjacent part of the corridor, but one was on the surface
(No. 47), one just north of the middle, one near K 405 (No. 42), and one (No. 68) farther
away above K 444. No fragments were found under the compartment walls of the recon-
struction. In other words, these pieces were lying in holes made by plunderers, and had
been covered mainly by drift sand and dust, just as at K III. Considerable portions of
seven figures were found (Nos. 26, 33, 37, 38, 39, 41, and 42), and the same inference is to
be drawn as at K III, that the place of origin was not far from the center of the tumulus.
Of these seven pieces, none could be reckoned as parts of royal statuettes, and only No. 26
still bore a name (the herald, Ankh-khuw, born of Khuwyt). On No. 37, however, the
title “hereditary prince, nomarch” was to be read at the top of the middle of the apron.
It is possible that this statuette represented the official buried in chamber A, who corre-
sponded in his time to Hepzefa. Fifteen of the ninety-four numbers came from K IV, and
twenty other fragments were recorded. Thus the number of statues at K IV must have
been much less than at K III.
The last of the three larger tumuli, K X, yielded almost as many fragments of statues
and statuettes as K HI. These were found under the same circumstances as the fragments
in K HI and K IV. Two large deposits of pieces were scratched out of the surface, south
of the main burial chamber, in the region of K 1026 and K 1043. By far the larger number
were in the drifted dust and sand in the middle part of the great corridor, and had come to
the places where they were found after the plundering of the tumulus. The proportion
of royal figures indicated by these fragments is larger than at either K III or K IV. These
were Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, and possibly 29, and 30 — eleven in all. Of these,
I would identify No. 10 as a portrait of Sesostris III, and I would complete the cartouche
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70) were certainly from private statues. None of them was found in such a situation as to
force the conclusion that it had been originally in use in the building K II.
At K III, the tomb of Hepzefa, all the statues and the fragments were found in dis-
turbed debris or in drifts of sand and dust. All were in excavations which had been made
by the plunderers of the main burial and of the subsidiary graves, and had been covered
either by debris thrown out subsequently by the plunderers, or by sand and dust drifted
into the holes by the wind. But the statue of the Lady Sennuwy was clearly not far from
its original place, standing on the floor of the corridor, and covered with drifted debris.
This piece was about tpn meters west of the entrance to the two main burial vaults, while
the broken basis of Hepzefa’s statue was in a compartment just south of them. In this
region to the south, we found most of the fragments, including three nearly complete pieces
(Nos. 48, 49, and 64), and five pieces (Nos. 26, 46, 51, 55, and 60) of which the greater part
was preserved. It was clear that these statues and statuettes were broken in the place
where they were found near the center of the tumulus. No fragments were found of cer-
tainly royal statues, but four small fragments (Nos. 2, 8, 15, and 19) may have been from
royal statues. The private statues include those of the nomarch Hepzefa, and of his wife
Sennuwy, of the chief of the Southern Tens, Wuah-ib (No. 48), of the chancellor Ameny
(No. 55), and of the overseer of sealers, Ken (No. 60). Others had been inscribed, but the
names were not preserved. Thirty-two of the ninety-four numbers listed below came from
K III; but in addition, one hundred and sixty-seven fragments were recorded which were
not of sufficient importance to note in this chapter.
In tumulus K IV, most of the fragments of statuettes were in the disturbed debris in
the main chamber and in the adjacent part of the corridor, but one was on the surface
(No. 47), one just north of the middle, one near K 405 (No. 42), and one (No. 68) farther
away above K 444. No fragments were found under the compartment walls of the recon-
struction. In other words, these pieces were lying in holes made by plunderers, and had
been covered mainly by drift sand and dust, just as at K III. Considerable portions of
seven figures were found (Nos. 26, 33, 37, 38, 39, 41, and 42), and the same inference is to
be drawn as at K III, that the place of origin was not far from the center of the tumulus.
Of these seven pieces, none could be reckoned as parts of royal statuettes, and only No. 26
still bore a name (the herald, Ankh-khuw, born of Khuwyt). On No. 37, however, the
title “hereditary prince, nomarch” was to be read at the top of the middle of the apron.
It is possible that this statuette represented the official buried in chamber A, who corre-
sponded in his time to Hepzefa. Fifteen of the ninety-four numbers came from K IV, and
twenty other fragments were recorded. Thus the number of statues at K IV must have
been much less than at K III.
The last of the three larger tumuli, K X, yielded almost as many fragments of statues
and statuettes as K HI. These were found under the same circumstances as the fragments
in K HI and K IV. Two large deposits of pieces were scratched out of the surface, south
of the main burial chamber, in the region of K 1026 and K 1043. By far the larger number
were in the drifted dust and sand in the middle part of the great corridor, and had come to
the places where they were found after the plundering of the tumulus. The proportion
of royal figures indicated by these fragments is larger than at either K III or K IV. These
were Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, and possibly 29, and 30 — eleven in all. Of these,
I would identify No. 10 as a portrait of Sesostris III, and I would complete the cartouche