The mastaba of mereruka [2]

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS

JOHN ALBERT WILSON AND

THOMAS GEORGE ALLEN Editors

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THE MASTABA OF MERERUKA PART II

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, FUKUOKA, SENDAl

THE COMMERCIAL PRESS, LIMITED SHANGHAI

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PLATE 104

PRINTED

IN AUSTRIA

MERERUKA SUPPORTED BY TWO SONS CHAMBER

A 13, NORTH WALL, SCENE 3

COMPARE PLATES 154-56

CHAMBER A 13

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS VOLUME XXXIX

THE MASTABA

OF

MERERUKA PART II CHAMBERS Al11-13

DOORJAMBS AND INSCRIPTIONS OF CHAMBERS A 1-21 TOMB CHAMBER EXTERIOR

PLATES 104-219 BY

THE SAKKARAH EXPEDITION FIELD DIRECTOR PRENTICE DUELL ARTISTS

EPIGRAPHERS

RAYMOND T. COWERN

CHARLES FRANCIS NIMS KEITH C. SEELE

H. M. LACK DONALD NASH

PHOTOGRAPHER

STANLEY R. SHEPHERD

LESLIE F. THOMPSON

CLYDE R. SHUFORD

ASSISTANT

VCEVOLD STREKALOVSKY

MARINA KOSSOFF

Internet publication of this work was made possible with the generous support of Misty and Lewis Gruber THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO • ILLINOIS

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COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS

1938

BY THE UNIVERSITY

RESERVED.

OF CHICAGO

PUBLISHED JUNE

1938

COMPOSED AND PRINTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S.A.

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LIST OF PLATES 104.

MERERUKA SUPPORTED BY TWO SONS

(Painting by Duell).

COMPARE PLATES

154-56

CHAMBER All 105.

. B.

INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST; TOMB SHAFT IN FOREGROUND INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST (Photographs)

106.

A4. B.

PRIESTS OF THE MORTUARY ESTATE BRINGING OFFERINGS FOR MERERUKA SERVANTS BRINGING OFFERINGS FOR MERERUKA (Drawings by Nash)

107.

FALSE DOOR

108.

MERERUKA, WITH WACTETKHETHOR

109.

A. B.

110.

BUTCHERS CUTTING UP AN OX

(Drawing by Shepherd) (Drawing by Shepherd)

SERVANTS CUTTING HAUNCHES FROM OXEN AS OFFERINGS OFFERING-BEARERS (Drawings by Nash) (Photograph).

DETAIL

OF

SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE

109,4

CHAMBER A 12 INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST (Photographs)

111.

A. B.

112.

MERERUKA, WITH WACTETKHETHOR; BELOW, SERVANTS BRINGING A CHEST CONTAINING OFFERINGS (Drawing by Shepherd)

113.

MERERUKA, WITH WA'TETKHETHOR, VIEWING THE PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS (SEE PLATES 115-16) GIVEN HIM BY THE KING (Drawing by Shepherd)

114.

MEN PRESSING OUT WINE; MEN BEATING TIME TO SET THE PACE FOR THOSE WHO

TREAD THE GRAPES (SHowN ON PLATE 116)

(Photograph).

DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE

113

115.

FOOD OFFERINGS, SCRIBE, AND MEN DRAGGING SLEDGES BEARING BAGS OF PRODUCE (Photograph)

116.

PILES OF FRUITS, GRANARIES, AND MEN TREADING GRAPES

117.

MERERuKA DRINKING FROM A CUP.

(Photograph)

BEFORE HIM ARE PRESENTED VARIOUS OILS;

BELOW LIE CATTLE SLAUGHTERED FOR OFFERINGS

(Drawing by Shepherd)

118.

SERVANTS BRINGING JARS OF OIL FOR PRESENTATION TO MERERUKA; CHESTS CONTAINING INCENSE AND COSMETICS (Photograph)

119.

OFFERING-BEARERS; JARS CONTAINING UNGUENTS; SLAUGHTERED CATTLE graph)

120.

MERERUKA, WITH WAcTETKHETHOR, VIEWING THE BRINGING OF OFFERINGS (SEE PLATES 121-22) BY THE PRIESTS OF HIS MORTUARY ESTATE (Drawing by Shepherd)

121.

OFFERINGS AND OFFERING-BEARERS

122.

OFFERINGS, OFFERING-BEARERS, AND SLAUGHTERED CATTLE. SENT THE OFFERINGS (Photograph)

(Photo-

(Photograph)

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LECTOR PRIESTS PRE.

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CHAMBER A 13 123.

INTERIOR, LOOKING NORTH

(Photograph)

124.

A. B.

INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST ALONG SOUTH WALL INTERIOR, LOOKING NORTH ALONG WEST WALL (Photographs)

125.

A. B.

INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST ALONG NORTH WALL INTERIOR, LOOKING SOUTH ALONG EAST WALL (Photographs)

126.

A. B.

INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST BETWEEN PIERS INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST BETWEEN PIERS (Photographs)

127.

MERERUKA, WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER(?), ATTENDED BY A SON, A BROTHER, AND OTHER MEN, IN A REED BOAT IN THE MARSHES (Photograph)

128.

SAME

(Drawing by Shepherd)

129. OTTER KILLING A FISH

(Photograph).

SHOWN ON PLATES 127-28

DETAIL OF SCENE

130.

THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF MERERUKA A. MOURNING WOMEN; MEN BEARING THE COFFIN TO THE BARGE B. THE FUNERARY BARGE, TOWED BY A ROWBOAT THE OARSMEN OF WHICH ARE JUST BEGINNING THEIR STROKE, BEING PUSHED OFF FROM THE SHORE BY SWIMMERS C. TWO ROWBOATS, THE FOREMOST READY TO LAND; FUNERARY EQUIPMENT ALREADY LANDED D. MEN BEARING THE COFFIN TO THE TOMB; OFFERINGS, DANCERS, AND LECTOR PRIEST STANDING BEFORE THE TOMB (Drawings by Shepherd)

131.

WOMEN MOURNING FOR MERERUKA ON PLATE

(Pencil drawing by Shepherd).

DETAIL OF SCENE

SHOWN

130A.el

132.

EPITHETS AND TITLES OF MERERUKA

(Photograph)

133.

EPITHETS AND TITLES OF WAcTETKHETHOR AND MERERUKA, WITH PART OF TITLE OF AN OFFERING SCENE (Drawing by Lack)

134.

TEXT OF A GREETING TO MERERuKA BY CEMETERY OFFICIALS

135.

TITLES AND BEGINNING OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MERERuKA

136.

BOATS WITH SAILS FURLED AND MASTS LOWERED

137.

TITLES AND EPITHETS OF MERERUKA; ATTENDANTS

138.

MERERuKA ACCOMPANIED BY TWO SONS(?)

139.

MERERUKA, WITH WAcTETKHETHOR, ATTENDED SHOWN ON PLATES 140-45 (Photograph)

140.

BOAT UNDER FULL SAIL, WITH CABIN AND CANOPY, BEARING MERERUKA (FIGURE DESTROYED) (Drawing by Strekalovsky)

141.

BOAT UNDER FULL SAIL, WITH CABIN AND CANOPY; BED ON AFTERDECK Strekalovsky)

142.

BOAT UNDER FULL SAIL, BEARING MERERUKA(?)

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(Drawing by Lack)

(Drawing by Shuford)

(Drawing by Lack) (Photograph)

(Photograph) BY SERVANTS, VIEWING

(Drawing by Strekalovsky)

BOATS

(Drawing by

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(Drawing by Lack)

143.

BOAT UNDER FULL SAIL, BEARING MERERUKA

144.

BOAT UNDER FULL SAIL, BEARING MERERUKA; AT UPPER RIGHT, ATTENDANTS (MESSENGERS ?) (Drawing by Lack)

145.

BOAT WITH SAIL FURLED, MAST LOWERED, AND ROWERS AT OARS, BEARING MERERUKA. A MAN ON FOREDECK PRESENTS A FOWL AS OFFERING TO MERERUKA (LARGE FIGURE AT RIGHT; DESTROYED) (Drawing by Lack)

146.

ATTENDANTS (MESSENGERS?) AND A SERVANT LEADING DOGS; ABOVE, FRAGMENT OF SEATED FIGURE OF MERERUKA, WITH WAcTETKHETHOR (Photograph)

147.

THE STATUE OF MERERUKA IN ITS NICHE

148.

SAME

149.

MERERUKA, WITH HIS WIFE WAcTETKHETHOR AND HIS MOTHER NEDJETEMPET, VIEWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF BOATS AND THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS (SHOWN ON PLATES 152-53) (Photograph)

150.

SAME

151.

HEAD OF MERERUKA

152.

CONSTRUCTION OF BOATS; FEEDING OF CATTLE

153.

ATTENDANTS FORCIBLY FEEDING OXEN; SEMIDOMESTICATED ANTELOPES FEEDING FROM MANGERS; ATTENDANTS FORCIBLY FEEDING HYENAS IN ORDER TO FATTEN THEM FOR EATING (Painting by Shepherd)

(Photograph)

(Painting by Strekalovsky)

(Drawing by Lack) (Photograph).

DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATES 149-50

(Painting by Shepherd)

(Photograph).

154. MERERUKA SUPPORTED BY TWO SONS

COMPARE PLATES

104

AND

155-56

PLATES 104

HANDS OF MERERUKA AND A SON AND 154

(Photograph).

DETAIL OF SCENE

SHOWN

ON

156. HEADS OF MERERUKA AND A SON

(Photograph).

DETAIL OF SCENE

SHOWN

ON PLATES

155.

AND

104

154

157.

MERERUKA BORNE IN A PALANQUIN, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO DWARFS WHO ATTEND HIS PET MONKEY AND DOGS; BELOW, BROTHERS AND SONS OF MERERUKA (Photograph)

158.

SAME

159.

(Drawing by Shepherd)

MERERUKA, WITH HIS WIFE WACTETKHETLJOR AND HIS MOTHER NEDJETEMPET,

VIEWING CHILDREN BRINGING BIRDS AND PLAYING GAMES (SHowN ON PLATES 162-65) (Painting by Strekalovsky)

(Photograph).

159

160.

WACTETKHETH.IOR, WIFE OF MERERUKA

161.

NEDJETEMPET, MOTHER OF MERERuKA (Photograph). DETAIL OF

162.

BOYS BRINGING BIRDS AND PLAYING GAMES

163.

BOYS PLAYING GAMES

164.

GIRLS PLAYING GAMES AND DANCING; BOYS PLAYING GAMES; ATTENDANTS ing by Shepherd)

(Draw.

165.

GIRLS PLAYING GAMES AND DANCING; BOYS PLAYING GAMES OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE 164

(Photograph).

DETAIL

166.

MERERUKA, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE WAcTETKHETHOR AND HIS MOTHER NEDJETEMPET, VIEWING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES (SHOWN ON PLATES 168-70). (Photograph)

(Photograph).

DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE SCENE

ON PLATE

159

(Drawing by Shepherd)

DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE

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SHOWN

162

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(Drawing by Shepherd)

167.

SAME

168.

PLOWING; STACKING SHEAVES OF GRAIN; REAPING; TRAPPING BIRDS; WINNOWING GRAIN (Painting by Strekalovsky)

169. PLOWING; LOADING SACKS OF SHEAVES ON DONKEYS; REAPING, WITH A PIPE-PLAYER TO SET THE PACE; OXEN, DONKEYS, AND GOATS TREADING OUT THE GRAIN (Painting by Strekalovsky) 170.

PLOWING; DONKEYS WAITING TO BE LOADED WITH SACKS OF SHEAVES; HARVESTING AND BINDING FLAX; STACKING SHEAVES OF GRAIN PREPARATORY TO THRESHING (Painting by Strekalovsky)

171.

MERERUKA, WITH WAcTETKHETU.OR SEATED BESIDE HIM, PLAYING DRAUGHTS WITH A SON(?); BELOW, ATTENDANTS (Photograph)

172.

SAME

173.

A. B.

PIER 1, NORTH SIDE PIER 1, EAST SIDE (Photographs)

174.

A. B.

PIER 1, SOUTH SIDE PIER 1, WEST SIDE (Photographs)

175.

PIER 2, NORTH SIDE

176.

PIER 2, EAST SIDE

177.

PIER 2, SOUTH SIDE

178.

PIER 2, WEST SIDE

(Drawing by Shepherd)

(Photograph)

(Photograph) (Photograph) (Photograph)

179. PIER 3, NORTH SIDE 180.

PIER 3, EAST SIDE

181.

PIER 3, SOUTH SIDE

182.

A.

B.

(Photograph)

(Drawing by Lack) (Photograph)

TITLES OF MERERUKA. TITLES OF MERERUKA. (Photographs)

DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE 179 DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE

181

(Painting by Strekalovsky)

183.

PIER 3, WEST SIDE

184.

HEAD OF MERERuKA

185.

A4. B.

PIER 4, NORTH SIDE PIER 4, EAST SIDE (Photographs)

186.

A. B.

PIER 4, SOUTH SIDE PIER 4, WEST SIDE (Photographs)

187.

A. B.

PIER 6, NORTH SIDE PIER 6, EAST SIDE (Photographs)

188.

A. B.

PIER 6, SOUTH SIDE PIER 6, WEST SIDE (Photographs)

(Photograph).

DETAIL OF SCENE SHOeWN oN PLATE 183

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DOORJAMBS AND INSCRIPTIONS OF CHAMBERS A 1-21 (Drawing by Lack) (Drawing by Cowern)

189.

A. DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 1 AND A 3. WEST JAMB B. DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 3 AND A 4. WEST JAMB

190.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 1 AND A 3.

EAST JAMB

(Drawing by Lack)

191.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 3 AND A 4.

EAST JAMB

(Drawing by Cowern)

192.

A. B.

193.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 4 AND A 6 (Drawings by Lack) 4. SOUTH JAMB B. NORTH JAMB

194.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 6 AND A 8 (Drawings by Cowern) 4. WEST JAMB B. EAST JAMB

195.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 8 AND A 9 £ WEST JAMB B. EAST JAMB

196.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 11 AND A 12 A. NORTH JAMB B. SOUTH JAMB

(Drawings by Lack)

197.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 11 AND A 13 A. WEST JAMB B. EAST JAMB

(Drawings by Lack)

198.

INSCRIPTIONS ON ALTAR IN CHAMBER A 13 A. TOP B. WEST SIDE C. EAST SIDE

199.

A. B.

DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 4 AND A 5. SOUTH JAMB (Drawing by Cowern) DOORWAY BETWEEN CHAMBERS A 4 AND A 11. EAST JAMB (Drawing by Lack)

(Drawings by Cowern)

(Drawings by Lack)

CHAMBER A 16. INTERIOR, LOOKING SOUTH; ENTRANCES TO MAGAZINES A 18-20 (Photograph) INSCRIPTIONS OVER ENTRANCES TO THE MAGAZINES (Drawings by Lack) 1. A 15 2. A 17 3. A 18 4. A 19 5. A20

TOMB CHAMBER 200.

A. B.

201.

4. SOUTH WALL, SCENE 1 B. SOUTH WALL, SCENE 2 (Photographs)

202.

A. B.

INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST (Photographs)

SOUTH WALL, SCENE 3 DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON A (Photographs)

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203.

A. B.

WEST WALL, SCENE 1 WEST WALL, SCENE 2 (Photographs)

204.

A. B.

NORTH WALL, SCENE 1 DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON A (Photographs)

205.

A. B.

NORTH WALL, SCENE 2 NORTH WALL, SCENE 3 (Photographs)

206.

A. B.

EAST WALL DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON A (Photographs) DETAILS OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE 206 A

207-8. 209.

DECORATIONS ON EAST SIDE OF SARCOPHAGUS A. AT LEFT OF RAMP B. AT RIGHT OF RAMP

210.

A. B. C. D. F. F.

211.

(Photographs) (Photographs)

SARCOPHAGUS LID, EAST SIDE (Photograph) INSCRIPTION ON TOP OF SARCOPHAGUS LID INSCRIPTION ON INTERIOR OF SARCOPHAGUS, (Drawings by Lack) INSCRIPTION ON INTERIOR OF SARCOPHAGUS, INSCRIPTION ON INTERIOR OF SARCOPHAGUS, INSCRIPTION ON INTERIOR OF SARCOPHAGUS, (Drawings by Cowern)

EAST SIDE WEST SIDE NORTH END SOUTH END

DOORWAY BETWEEN TOMB SHAFT AND TOMB CHAMBER A. NORTH JAMB B. SOUTH JAMB

(Photographs)

EXTERIOR 212.

213.

A. B. C.

ENTRANCE TO MASTABA

A. B.

DRUM ABOVE ENTRANCE FRAGMENT OF BIOGRAPHICAL INSCRIPTION ON FACADE, WEST OF ENTRANCE (Photographs)

WEST JAMB EAST JAMB (Photographs)

214. A. B.

FIGURE OF MERERUKA ON FACADE, WEST OF BIOGRAPHICAL INSCRIPTION FIGURE OF MERERUKA ON WEST CORNER OF FACADE (Photographs)

215. A. B.

FIGURE OF MERERUKA ON EAST CORNER OF FACADE VULTURE (GYPS FULVUS). DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON A (Photographs)

216.

A. FIGURE OF MERERUKA ON WEST EXTERIOR WALL OF MASTABA, SOUTH CORNER B. FIGURE OF MERERUKA ON EAST EXTERIOR WALL OF MASTABA, SOUTH CORNER (Photographs)

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A. B.

218.

A4. B.

A.

219.

B.

COVER

TEMENOS WALL, WEST FACE TEMENOS WALL, SOUTH FACE, EAST PORTION (Photographs) TEMENOS WALL, SOUTH FACE, CENTRAL PORTION TEMENOS WALL, SOUTH FACE, WEST PORTION (Photographs) TEMENOS WALL, EAST END OFFERING-PLACE OF KHENU AT WEST END OF TEMENOS (Photographs)

VIGNETTE.-MERERUKA.

RESTORATION BASED ON PLATE

184

(Painting by Shepherd)

LIST OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS .

PLAN OF THE MASTABA OF MERERUKA

CHAMBER A 11.

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ELEVATIONS OF THE WALLS, SHOWING THE ARRANGE-

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CHAMBER A 13.

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ELEVATIONS OF THE WALLS, SHOWING THE ARRANGE-

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CHAMBER A 12.

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ELEVATIONS OF THE WALLS, SHOWING THE ARRANGE-

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facing PLATE 123

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TOMB SHAFT AND TOMB CHAMBER. VERTICAL SECTION, LOOKING SOUTH following PLATE 199 TOMB CHAMBER. OF

SCENES

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PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT .

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EXTERIOR. FRONT OF THE MASTABA. PLAN AND ELEVATIONS, SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF SCENES AND INSCRIPTIONS .. ...

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PLATES

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PLAN OF THE MASTABA OF MERERUKA The numbers along the walls and at the doorways are those of the plates which reproduce the corresponding scenes or inscriptioi is; the numbers with arrows are those of plates showing interior views. The walls of Chambers A 2, A 5, A 7 (serdab), and A 14-21 are without decoration. Scale, 1:125

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CHAMBER A 11

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NORTH WALL

SOUTH WALL

EAST WALL 0

WEST WALL 2

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METERS CHAMBER A 11 ELEVATIONS OF THE WALLS, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT

OF SCENES

The numbers correspond to those shown on the plan facing the half-title before Plate 105 and refer to plates of this volume. Scale, 1:50

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PLATE 105

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INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST; TOMB SHAFT IN FOREGROUND

B.

INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST

CHAMBER A 11

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CHAMBER A 12

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INTERIOR, LOOKING EAST

INTERIOR, LOOKING WEST CHAMBER A 12

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MEN PRESSING OUT WINE; MEN BEATING TIME TO SET THE PACE FOR THOSE WHO TREAD THE GRAPES (SHOWN ON PLATE 116) DETAIL OF SCENE SHOWN ON PLATE

113

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PLATE 115

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PLATE 116WS HERE 3 FOOD OFFERINGS, SCRIBE, AND MEN DRY

JSLEDGES BEARING BAGS OF PRODUCE

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MERERUKA DRINKING FROM A CUP. BEFORE HIM ARE PRESENTED VARIOUS OIS BELOW LIE CATTLE SLAUGHTERED FOR OFFERINGS EAST WALL, SCENE

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CHAMBER A 12

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PLATE 119 JOINS HERE SERVANTS BRINGING JARS OF OIL FOR PRESENTATION TO MERERUKA; CHESTS CONTAINING INCENSE AND COSMETICS EAST WALL,

SCENE

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PLATE 118 JOINS HERE

OFFERING-BEARERS; JARS CONTAINING UNGUENTS; SLAUGHTERED CATTLE EAST WALL, SCENE 2

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MERERUKA, WITH WACTETKHETHOR, VIEWING THE BRINGING OF OFFERINGS (SEE PLATES 121-22) BY THE PRIESTS OF HIS MORTUARY ESTATE SOUTH WALL, SCENE

1

CHAMBER A 12

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PLATE 121

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OFFERINGS, OFFERING-BEARERS, AND SLAUGHTERED CATTLE. SOUTH

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:TOR PRIESTS (AT LOWER RIGHT) PRESENT THE OFFERINGS E'olCENE 2

CHAMBI

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SOUTH

WALL

166-67

171-72 168-70

SCENE 3

SCENE I

SCENE 2

EAST WALL

WEST WALL 0

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3

4

5

METERS CHAMBER A 13 ELEVATIONS OF THE WALLS) SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT

OF SCENES

The numbers correspond to those shown on the plan facing the half-title before Plate 105 and refer to plates of this volume. Scale, 1:60

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PLATE 123

INTERIOR, LOOKING NORTH

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