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TOPOGRAPHY OF THE OLD KINGDOM CEMETERY AT SAQQARAH 403
niches hidden in a wall which had not been completely overthrown, were opened. We found in them two
admirable statues in their original positions.’ Then follows a description of the two statues with inlaid eyes,
one of which was the Louvre scribe, and the other most probably Kay. Mariette then refers to opening the
pit in the mastaba, which would seem to mean the Sekhem-ka mastaba as it is one of the rare tombs with a pit
drawn on the plan in the Mastabas. It must be remembered that Mariette’s whole description is vague, and
that C 19 is at least 140 metres north of the Serapeum Avenue on his map. To speak of the Old Kingdom
tombs as bordering the Avenue as he does in another case is hardly accurate, as a glance at the map will show.
It seems to me much safer to follow the indications concerning the tombs given in the Mastabas than to rely
upon the description in the report on the Serapeum, and to assume that there were two tombs, one belonging
to Kay and one to Sekhem-ka, the first containing the two statues with inlaid eyes, and the second the other
five statues. The wife of Sekhem-ka, Ity, and a son, Ka-wehem, are shown on the statue A 102. The statue
A 104 is dedicated by a son, Ma-nefer, who might possibly be the owner of No. 26 = D 37.
No. 55: D 25: Zefauw: position from Mariette’s map; badly preserved stone mastaba. Lady Petrie {Archaeological
Report, 1904-5, p. 28) states that the chapel was opened and copied. The fact that all the mastabas which she
mentions in that second season’s work were east of the Step Pyramid makes one wonder if this could be a slip
for lyzefa, C 11. Zefauw had the titles imy rs pr hd, hm ntr of the pyramid of [Neuse]r[ra]. An isolated inscription
from this tomb is listed by Mariette under H 5.
No. 56: D 24: Ny-ma'at-ptah: position from Mariette’s map; small stone mastaba with modified cruciform chapel.
imy ht hm ntr of Ra in the sun temple of Neferirkara, and of the pyramid of that king.
No. 57: D 23: Ka-m-nefret: south of the tomb of Thiy. Reliefs from chapel in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
mastaba buried in debris, web of the pyramid of Sahura, hm ntr of the pyramid of Neferirkara, hm ntr of Ra
in the sun temples of Weserkaf and Neferirkara, hm ntr of the pyramids of Neferirkara and Neuserra, hm ntr of
Khafra and Sahura.
No. 58: E 6: Sneferuw-nefer: built against the east wall of the corridor that runs along the east face of No. 57; now
buried: web of the pyramid of Menkauw-hor and hm ntr of the pyramid of Zedkara: a son is named Sneferuw-
nefer :
No. 59: E 7: Sneferuw-nefer: Mariette describes this as a recently plundered mastaba in the debris of which were found
an inscribed offering-basin and a broken stela. Both are in Cairo; the stela fragments are numbered 1420, 1421,
1436, 1461, the offering-basin No. 1328. hm ntr imy ht of the pyramid of Zedkara Isesy; Mariette thought this
was the son of the last.
No. 60: D 22: Thiy: completely excavated and accords with position assigned to it on Mariette’s map: multiple-roomed
chapel with pillared hall: titles: smr wety imy ri kst nbt nt nswt; overseer of the pyramids of Neferirkara and
Neuserra, and of the sun temples of Sahura (Porter and Moss), Neferirkara, Neferefra (Porter and Moss)
and Neuserra. His wife is the rht nswt Nefer-hetep-s. Thiy is probably represented in the reliefs of Sahura and
Neuserra. The name is broken in the latter case.
No. 61: D 21: Nefer-her-n-ptah: excavated mastaba on north of Thiy; the plan of the chapel on the Survey Map does
not exactly agree with that of Mariette, but the mastaba measurements are about the same and the identification
must be correct. Short corridor chapel. Titles: smr wety shm eh. Seated statue in Cairo, No. 76. A man with
the same name is shown among the courtiers of Sahura. The son of Nefer-hetep (No. 12 = B 12) also has this
name, as has the son of the owner of D 51.
QS 920: No name: slightly north of Thiy: position and measurements of chapel taken from Maspero, Musee flgyptien,
III, p. 25. Fragment of relief showing vase-makers in Cairo Museum.
The following mastabas are in the southern strip of the northern cemetery excavated by Mariette, and the numbering
runs from west to east:
No. 62: D 20: Wer-ir-n: position from Mariette’s map, and the statement in the text that it is in the neighbourhood
of No. 55, which is an earlier number for No. 61 (see list of sizes of tombs on p. 463, where 55 = Nefer-her-n-
ptah). Lining of chapel removed. Statues in Cairo Museum: No. 272, standing, and No. 211, seated. Five
servant statues: Nos. 110, 119, 114, 118, 116. Wer-ir-n was hm ntr of Ra in the sun temples of Weserkaf (?) and
Neferirkara.
niches hidden in a wall which had not been completely overthrown, were opened. We found in them two
admirable statues in their original positions.’ Then follows a description of the two statues with inlaid eyes,
one of which was the Louvre scribe, and the other most probably Kay. Mariette then refers to opening the
pit in the mastaba, which would seem to mean the Sekhem-ka mastaba as it is one of the rare tombs with a pit
drawn on the plan in the Mastabas. It must be remembered that Mariette’s whole description is vague, and
that C 19 is at least 140 metres north of the Serapeum Avenue on his map. To speak of the Old Kingdom
tombs as bordering the Avenue as he does in another case is hardly accurate, as a glance at the map will show.
It seems to me much safer to follow the indications concerning the tombs given in the Mastabas than to rely
upon the description in the report on the Serapeum, and to assume that there were two tombs, one belonging
to Kay and one to Sekhem-ka, the first containing the two statues with inlaid eyes, and the second the other
five statues. The wife of Sekhem-ka, Ity, and a son, Ka-wehem, are shown on the statue A 102. The statue
A 104 is dedicated by a son, Ma-nefer, who might possibly be the owner of No. 26 = D 37.
No. 55: D 25: Zefauw: position from Mariette’s map; badly preserved stone mastaba. Lady Petrie {Archaeological
Report, 1904-5, p. 28) states that the chapel was opened and copied. The fact that all the mastabas which she
mentions in that second season’s work were east of the Step Pyramid makes one wonder if this could be a slip
for lyzefa, C 11. Zefauw had the titles imy rs pr hd, hm ntr of the pyramid of [Neuse]r[ra]. An isolated inscription
from this tomb is listed by Mariette under H 5.
No. 56: D 24: Ny-ma'at-ptah: position from Mariette’s map; small stone mastaba with modified cruciform chapel.
imy ht hm ntr of Ra in the sun temple of Neferirkara, and of the pyramid of that king.
No. 57: D 23: Ka-m-nefret: south of the tomb of Thiy. Reliefs from chapel in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
mastaba buried in debris, web of the pyramid of Sahura, hm ntr of the pyramid of Neferirkara, hm ntr of Ra
in the sun temples of Weserkaf and Neferirkara, hm ntr of the pyramids of Neferirkara and Neuserra, hm ntr of
Khafra and Sahura.
No. 58: E 6: Sneferuw-nefer: built against the east wall of the corridor that runs along the east face of No. 57; now
buried: web of the pyramid of Menkauw-hor and hm ntr of the pyramid of Zedkara: a son is named Sneferuw-
nefer :
No. 59: E 7: Sneferuw-nefer: Mariette describes this as a recently plundered mastaba in the debris of which were found
an inscribed offering-basin and a broken stela. Both are in Cairo; the stela fragments are numbered 1420, 1421,
1436, 1461, the offering-basin No. 1328. hm ntr imy ht of the pyramid of Zedkara Isesy; Mariette thought this
was the son of the last.
No. 60: D 22: Thiy: completely excavated and accords with position assigned to it on Mariette’s map: multiple-roomed
chapel with pillared hall: titles: smr wety imy ri kst nbt nt nswt; overseer of the pyramids of Neferirkara and
Neuserra, and of the sun temples of Sahura (Porter and Moss), Neferirkara, Neferefra (Porter and Moss)
and Neuserra. His wife is the rht nswt Nefer-hetep-s. Thiy is probably represented in the reliefs of Sahura and
Neuserra. The name is broken in the latter case.
No. 61: D 21: Nefer-her-n-ptah: excavated mastaba on north of Thiy; the plan of the chapel on the Survey Map does
not exactly agree with that of Mariette, but the mastaba measurements are about the same and the identification
must be correct. Short corridor chapel. Titles: smr wety shm eh. Seated statue in Cairo, No. 76. A man with
the same name is shown among the courtiers of Sahura. The son of Nefer-hetep (No. 12 = B 12) also has this
name, as has the son of the owner of D 51.
QS 920: No name: slightly north of Thiy: position and measurements of chapel taken from Maspero, Musee flgyptien,
III, p. 25. Fragment of relief showing vase-makers in Cairo Museum.
The following mastabas are in the southern strip of the northern cemetery excavated by Mariette, and the numbering
runs from west to east:
No. 62: D 20: Wer-ir-n: position from Mariette’s map, and the statement in the text that it is in the neighbourhood
of No. 55, which is an earlier number for No. 61 (see list of sizes of tombs on p. 463, where 55 = Nefer-her-n-
ptah). Lining of chapel removed. Statues in Cairo Museum: No. 272, standing, and No. 211, seated. Five
servant statues: Nos. 110, 119, 114, 118, 116. Wer-ir-n was hm ntr of Ra in the sun temples of Weserkaf (?) and
Neferirkara.