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TOPOGRAPHY OF THE OLD KINGDOM CEMETERY AT SAQQARAH 407
No. 78: D 1: QS 901: Weser-neter: reliefs in the Field Museum in Chicago; published completely by Miss Murray in
Saqqara Mastabas-, position from Mariette’s map. The eastern face of a mastaba is still visible near the point
marked by Mariette, but it is impossible to be certain whether the masonry belongs to No. 78. Titles: sib cd mr
imy ri kit nbt nt nswt, &c.
No. 79: D 2: QS 905: Ka-m-remeth: position from Mariette’s map; short corridor chapel: reliefs in the Copenhagen
Glyptotheque except for the east wall, which is in the Cairo Museum, No. 1534; subsidiary panelling decorates
the tablet of the false-door. The drum from over the entrance is also in Cairo, No. 1734, as well as an offering-
table, No. 1370. Ka-m-remeth was hm ntr of the pyramid of Neuserra.
....: Lepsius No. 16: QS 902: Rashepses: partly uncovered although the inscribed chambers are inaccessible; multiple-
roomed chapel with columned hall. Estates of Neuserra and Zedkara are mentioned. There is also the copy
of a letter from Isesy. Titles, imy ri wsht sib cdmr, &c. He is given the title of vizier only on the jamb, where the
letter of Isesy is inscribed. The wife is named Ka-n-nebty and the son Weser-neter, who is probably the owner
of No. 78.
....: QS 913: Perneb: west of and adjoining latter; reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum. Lythgoe and Ransom in the
Tomb of Perneb give a plan of the mastaba, which was built against the tomb of Rashepses on the west with a small
open court entered from the north. A mastaba without name adjoins Perneb on the north. The tomb of Perneb
contained an interior chapel consisting of a small vestibule leading to an east-west offering-room. Two burial
pits were planned, but that of the wife was unfinished. The main burial shaft was 5 feet square and 55 feet deep,
leading to a chamber 13X9 feet and containing a limestone sarcophagus. Perneb had the titles smr wcty shm ch.
His wife was a rht nswt, but her name is not preserved. Two sons were named Weser-neter and Rashepses.
Perneb was probably a son of the owner of L 16 and Rashepses would thus have been named after his grandfather.
....: QS 915: Ny-kauw-hor: adjoins D 3 according to the Handbook of the Egyptian Rooms, but 100 yards east of
Ra-m-ka according to a statement in the Tomb of Perneb. I have placed it to the east of Rashepses. West wall
in the Metropolitan Museum; reproduced with paintings from the other walls by Quibell in Excavations at
Saqqarah, igoy-igog, pls. LXII-LXVI. The wife is named Sekhem-hathor. hm ntr of Weserkaf and of the
sun temple of that king.
No. 80: D 3: Prince Ra-m-ka: position from DeMorgan’s map; not on Mariette’s map: apparently a mistake in
DeMorgan’s labelling of No. 80 as Ra-m-ankh: short corridor chapel: reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum.
Titles: iry pcty si nswt smsw nhtf. A funerary priest has the name Khuwfuw-sheduw.
....: QS 911: long narrow corridor with two stelae, one inscribed with name Akhet-hem. Exact position uncertain.
....: QS 912: chamber with lintel of white limestone inscribed with name of Hor-wer. Exact position uncertain.
....: QS 904: rough stela with cartouche of Menkauw-hor. Exact position uncertain.
No. 81: D 4: not excavated by Quibell: Ankh-ir-s: position from Mariette’s map: short corridor chapel; title of w
wcty: servant statue in Cairo, No. 108.
No. 82: D 5: QS 908: Queen Meresankh: position from Mariette’s map: short corridor chapel: titles of Queen on stela.
Possibly a queen of Isesy and mother of the owners of Nos. 80, 84, and 85.
....: QS 906: Khenuw: small chamber, position from Quibell’s map.
....: QS 909: Block with name of Hekenuw-nebty (now in Cairo): position from Quibell’s map. Another block, an
architrave in Cairo, No. 1396, has this name and is probably from this tomb. The owner is called hqr[t] nswt
wctt sit nswt rht nswt.
No. 83: D 6: QS 907: Khenuw: position from Quibell’s map; modified cruciform chapel. Two seated statues are in
the Cairo Museum, Nos. 102, 171. Khenuw had the title 'Overseer of the king’s weaving’ (Porter and Moss).
No. 84: D 7: QS 919: Prince Ka-m-thenenet: position from Quibell’s map. The outlines of the multiple-roomed
chapel are still visible. It should be noted that the entrance portico faces south. The orientation on Mariette’s
map is wrong, although the text suggests that the mastaba faces the Step Pyramid. The mastaba is not on top
of the enclosure wall as Mariette states, but north of it. The prince had the titles si nswt smr wcty sdiwt ntr imy
ri kit nbt nt nswt, imyri msc, &c. Mr. Quibell found several fragments of a biographical inscription in the portico
which mention the Vizier Rashepses (L 16). Ka-m-thenenet must therefore have lived in the reign of Isesy.
It is possible that he was a son of Queen Meresankh and Isesy. The wife was the rht nswt Khenuwt. Two lines
of vertical inscription that appear to have flanked a stela or doorway are in the Cairo Museum, No. 1911+24-17.
No. 78: D 1: QS 901: Weser-neter: reliefs in the Field Museum in Chicago; published completely by Miss Murray in
Saqqara Mastabas-, position from Mariette’s map. The eastern face of a mastaba is still visible near the point
marked by Mariette, but it is impossible to be certain whether the masonry belongs to No. 78. Titles: sib cd mr
imy ri kit nbt nt nswt, &c.
No. 79: D 2: QS 905: Ka-m-remeth: position from Mariette’s map; short corridor chapel: reliefs in the Copenhagen
Glyptotheque except for the east wall, which is in the Cairo Museum, No. 1534; subsidiary panelling decorates
the tablet of the false-door. The drum from over the entrance is also in Cairo, No. 1734, as well as an offering-
table, No. 1370. Ka-m-remeth was hm ntr of the pyramid of Neuserra.
....: Lepsius No. 16: QS 902: Rashepses: partly uncovered although the inscribed chambers are inaccessible; multiple-
roomed chapel with columned hall. Estates of Neuserra and Zedkara are mentioned. There is also the copy
of a letter from Isesy. Titles, imy ri wsht sib cdmr, &c. He is given the title of vizier only on the jamb, where the
letter of Isesy is inscribed. The wife is named Ka-n-nebty and the son Weser-neter, who is probably the owner
of No. 78.
....: QS 913: Perneb: west of and adjoining latter; reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum. Lythgoe and Ransom in the
Tomb of Perneb give a plan of the mastaba, which was built against the tomb of Rashepses on the west with a small
open court entered from the north. A mastaba without name adjoins Perneb on the north. The tomb of Perneb
contained an interior chapel consisting of a small vestibule leading to an east-west offering-room. Two burial
pits were planned, but that of the wife was unfinished. The main burial shaft was 5 feet square and 55 feet deep,
leading to a chamber 13X9 feet and containing a limestone sarcophagus. Perneb had the titles smr wcty shm ch.
His wife was a rht nswt, but her name is not preserved. Two sons were named Weser-neter and Rashepses.
Perneb was probably a son of the owner of L 16 and Rashepses would thus have been named after his grandfather.
....: QS 915: Ny-kauw-hor: adjoins D 3 according to the Handbook of the Egyptian Rooms, but 100 yards east of
Ra-m-ka according to a statement in the Tomb of Perneb. I have placed it to the east of Rashepses. West wall
in the Metropolitan Museum; reproduced with paintings from the other walls by Quibell in Excavations at
Saqqarah, igoy-igog, pls. LXII-LXVI. The wife is named Sekhem-hathor. hm ntr of Weserkaf and of the
sun temple of that king.
No. 80: D 3: Prince Ra-m-ka: position from DeMorgan’s map; not on Mariette’s map: apparently a mistake in
DeMorgan’s labelling of No. 80 as Ra-m-ankh: short corridor chapel: reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum.
Titles: iry pcty si nswt smsw nhtf. A funerary priest has the name Khuwfuw-sheduw.
....: QS 911: long narrow corridor with two stelae, one inscribed with name Akhet-hem. Exact position uncertain.
....: QS 912: chamber with lintel of white limestone inscribed with name of Hor-wer. Exact position uncertain.
....: QS 904: rough stela with cartouche of Menkauw-hor. Exact position uncertain.
No. 81: D 4: not excavated by Quibell: Ankh-ir-s: position from Mariette’s map: short corridor chapel; title of w
wcty: servant statue in Cairo, No. 108.
No. 82: D 5: QS 908: Queen Meresankh: position from Mariette’s map: short corridor chapel: titles of Queen on stela.
Possibly a queen of Isesy and mother of the owners of Nos. 80, 84, and 85.
....: QS 906: Khenuw: small chamber, position from Quibell’s map.
....: QS 909: Block with name of Hekenuw-nebty (now in Cairo): position from Quibell’s map. Another block, an
architrave in Cairo, No. 1396, has this name and is probably from this tomb. The owner is called hqr[t] nswt
wctt sit nswt rht nswt.
No. 83: D 6: QS 907: Khenuw: position from Quibell’s map; modified cruciform chapel. Two seated statues are in
the Cairo Museum, Nos. 102, 171. Khenuw had the title 'Overseer of the king’s weaving’ (Porter and Moss).
No. 84: D 7: QS 919: Prince Ka-m-thenenet: position from Quibell’s map. The outlines of the multiple-roomed
chapel are still visible. It should be noted that the entrance portico faces south. The orientation on Mariette’s
map is wrong, although the text suggests that the mastaba faces the Step Pyramid. The mastaba is not on top
of the enclosure wall as Mariette states, but north of it. The prince had the titles si nswt smr wcty sdiwt ntr imy
ri kit nbt nt nswt, imyri msc, &c. Mr. Quibell found several fragments of a biographical inscription in the portico
which mention the Vizier Rashepses (L 16). Ka-m-thenenet must therefore have lived in the reign of Isesy.
It is possible that he was a son of Queen Meresankh and Isesy. The wife was the rht nswt Khenuwt. Two lines
of vertical inscription that appear to have flanked a stela or doorway are in the Cairo Museum, No. 1911+24-17.