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THE SIXTEENTH DYNASTY
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kha6u out of consideration for he, like the other rulers of the Thir-
teenth Dynasty, was buried in the north, in spite of my earlier guess
to the contrary.16 We know now of no other king buried in Thebes
who was called by that name except Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi Sobk-
em-saf but his tomb, as we shall see, was completely plundered in the
Twentieth Dynasty. Thus we are left in uncertainty as to whether
the Arabs of the early Nineteenth Century found this scarab in
some hiding place of the ancient thieves who had plundered Shed-
towi’s tomb, or found it on some other mummy. Since the first ex-
planation would seem rather unlikely, the second is perhaps the
true one. In any case, the Arab story that the scarab was found on
the body of King In-yotef who had died probably at least a score of
years before the death of Sobk-em-saf, is impossible.
The tomb of Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi Sobk-em-saf remained intact,
as far as we know today, until the great robberies in the reign of
Ramesses XI, when it was completely gutted. Some few years later
a number of documents bearing on the events of those days was
collected together and stored in one of two pottery vessels.17 We
have a list today in the Ambras Papyrus of the contents of these
two jars of documents, one of which held “The examination of the
pyramid of King Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi,” which was filed in the
archives of the Necropolis together with “The inspection of the
pyramids” (probably the Abbott Papyrus) among “The writings
with regard to the thieves, which were in the other jar.”
In the Abbott Papyrus we have an account of the investigation of
the whole necropolis. In the Year 16, Third Month of Akhet, Day
18, a commission went forth to look into the charges made by
Pe-wer-fo.18 They reported as follows: “The pyramid of King
Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi, L.P.H., Son of Re6, Sobk-em-saf, L.P.H.
It was found that the thieves had broken into it by mining into the
lower chamber of its pyramid, from the outer hall of the tomb of
Neb-Amun, The Overseer of the Granary of King Men-kheper-Re6,
L.P.H. The burial-place of the King was found void of its lord as
well as the burial-place of the Great Royal Wife, Nub-kha6es,
L.P.H., his royal wife, the thieves having laid their hands upon
them. The Vizier, the nobles and the inspectors made an examina-
18 Winlock, JEA, 1924, p. 268.
17 Ibid., p. 238; Peet, Tomb Robberies, p. 181.
18 Breasted, AR, IV, par. 517; Winlock, JEA, 1924, p. 237; Peet, Tontb Robberies, p. 38.
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kha6u out of consideration for he, like the other rulers of the Thir-
teenth Dynasty, was buried in the north, in spite of my earlier guess
to the contrary.16 We know now of no other king buried in Thebes
who was called by that name except Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi Sobk-
em-saf but his tomb, as we shall see, was completely plundered in the
Twentieth Dynasty. Thus we are left in uncertainty as to whether
the Arabs of the early Nineteenth Century found this scarab in
some hiding place of the ancient thieves who had plundered Shed-
towi’s tomb, or found it on some other mummy. Since the first ex-
planation would seem rather unlikely, the second is perhaps the
true one. In any case, the Arab story that the scarab was found on
the body of King In-yotef who had died probably at least a score of
years before the death of Sobk-em-saf, is impossible.
The tomb of Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi Sobk-em-saf remained intact,
as far as we know today, until the great robberies in the reign of
Ramesses XI, when it was completely gutted. Some few years later
a number of documents bearing on the events of those days was
collected together and stored in one of two pottery vessels.17 We
have a list today in the Ambras Papyrus of the contents of these
two jars of documents, one of which held “The examination of the
pyramid of King Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi,” which was filed in the
archives of the Necropolis together with “The inspection of the
pyramids” (probably the Abbott Papyrus) among “The writings
with regard to the thieves, which were in the other jar.”
In the Abbott Papyrus we have an account of the investigation of
the whole necropolis. In the Year 16, Third Month of Akhet, Day
18, a commission went forth to look into the charges made by
Pe-wer-fo.18 They reported as follows: “The pyramid of King
Sekhem-Re6 Shed-towi, L.P.H., Son of Re6, Sobk-em-saf, L.P.H.
It was found that the thieves had broken into it by mining into the
lower chamber of its pyramid, from the outer hall of the tomb of
Neb-Amun, The Overseer of the Granary of King Men-kheper-Re6,
L.P.H. The burial-place of the King was found void of its lord as
well as the burial-place of the Great Royal Wife, Nub-kha6es,
L.P.H., his royal wife, the thieves having laid their hands upon
them. The Vizier, the nobles and the inspectors made an examina-
18 Winlock, JEA, 1924, p. 268.
17 Ibid., p. 238; Peet, Tomb Robberies, p. 181.
18 Breasted, AR, IV, par. 517; Winlock, JEA, 1924, p. 237; Peet, Tontb Robberies, p. 38.