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THE SIXTEENTH DYNASTY 141
of the Seventeenth Dynasty kings22 (Pl. 46). This would put it about
the middle of the east face of the Diraf Abu’n Naga, and there is a
very tantalizing statement of Mariette’s to the effect that he had
found the tombs of the Kings Nub-kheper-Ref In-yotef and Sobk-
em-saf cut in the flanks of a hillock, to the west of the plain. He
never amplified this statement, and we are left in a complete quan-
dary when we try to fathom exactly what was in his mind.23
Things are perhaps somewhat better with the possible re-dis-
covery of the tomb in 1898-9.24 On this occasion the Northampton
Expedition, working on the lower slopes of the eastern spurs of the
Dira( Abu’n Naga, found an early Eighteenth Dynasty tomb (No.
146 in the present numbering) in which there were cones, a slab
with shawabtis, and a fragment of the stela of a certain Neb-Amun
and his wife Suit-nub. Also cones were found of a Neb-Amun,
Scribe of the Corn Accounts and Overseer of the Granary of Amun.
From one corner of the rear chamber of the tomb a plunderer’s
tunnel led under the ruins of a small brick pyramid on the hill above.
So many of the circumstances agree with the Abbott Papyrus that
Newberry and Spiegelberg did not hesitate to announce the dis-
covery of the Pyramid of Sekhem-Ref Shed-towi Sobk-em-saf.
The coincidences here are certainly striking, but there is a hesita-
tion in my mind in accepting this theory, plausible as it seems at
first. While agreeing that the location is very much what would be
expected, I should like to see a stronger chain of evidence for the
identification of this particular pyramid. There were about half a
dozen different individuals called Neb-Amun buried in this neigh-
borhood, who bore titles which would seem to make their tombs the
starting place of the grave robbers’ tunnel and, until the whole area
is more completely cleared, it would seem safest to hold up all
attempts to make a hard and fast identification.
5. Sekhem-Re^ Semen-towi Thuti. About 1645 b.c.
Of the five individuals who actually attained the style of full king-
ship in the Sixteenth Dynasty, there only remains one to be named,
Sekhem-Ref Semen-towi Thuti, who probably occupied the throne
for a very brief time about 1645 b.c. He has left but few traces of
his reign, but he was perfectly well known to the scribes who pre-
22 Winlock, JE/1, 1924, p. 243.
23 Ibid., p. 240.
24 Ibid., p. 241.
of the Seventeenth Dynasty kings22 (Pl. 46). This would put it about
the middle of the east face of the Diraf Abu’n Naga, and there is a
very tantalizing statement of Mariette’s to the effect that he had
found the tombs of the Kings Nub-kheper-Ref In-yotef and Sobk-
em-saf cut in the flanks of a hillock, to the west of the plain. He
never amplified this statement, and we are left in a complete quan-
dary when we try to fathom exactly what was in his mind.23
Things are perhaps somewhat better with the possible re-dis-
covery of the tomb in 1898-9.24 On this occasion the Northampton
Expedition, working on the lower slopes of the eastern spurs of the
Dira( Abu’n Naga, found an early Eighteenth Dynasty tomb (No.
146 in the present numbering) in which there were cones, a slab
with shawabtis, and a fragment of the stela of a certain Neb-Amun
and his wife Suit-nub. Also cones were found of a Neb-Amun,
Scribe of the Corn Accounts and Overseer of the Granary of Amun.
From one corner of the rear chamber of the tomb a plunderer’s
tunnel led under the ruins of a small brick pyramid on the hill above.
So many of the circumstances agree with the Abbott Papyrus that
Newberry and Spiegelberg did not hesitate to announce the dis-
covery of the Pyramid of Sekhem-Ref Shed-towi Sobk-em-saf.
The coincidences here are certainly striking, but there is a hesita-
tion in my mind in accepting this theory, plausible as it seems at
first. While agreeing that the location is very much what would be
expected, I should like to see a stronger chain of evidence for the
identification of this particular pyramid. There were about half a
dozen different individuals called Neb-Amun buried in this neigh-
borhood, who bore titles which would seem to make their tombs the
starting place of the grave robbers’ tunnel and, until the whole area
is more completely cleared, it would seem safest to hold up all
attempts to make a hard and fast identification.
5. Sekhem-Re^ Semen-towi Thuti. About 1645 b.c.
Of the five individuals who actually attained the style of full king-
ship in the Sixteenth Dynasty, there only remains one to be named,
Sekhem-Ref Semen-towi Thuti, who probably occupied the throne
for a very brief time about 1645 b.c. He has left but few traces of
his reign, but he was perfectly well known to the scribes who pre-
22 Winlock, JE/1, 1924, p. 243.
23 Ibid., p. 240.
24 Ibid., p. 241.