| LMP no. 002B |
Code M16 |
Location Meidum |
Owner itt |
P&M ref. IV-93-94 |
| Tomb type | Mastaba |
| Gender | Female |
| Most likely date | Sneferu |
| Dating P&M | Dynasty 4 |
| Dating Harpur | Sneferu | Harpur no. | 619 |
| Dating Cherpion | Sneferu |
| Dating Kanawati | Sneferu | Kanawati no. | 179 |
| Other dating | - |
| King | Sneferu |
| Literature |
Harpur, The Tombs of Nefermaat and Rahotep at Maidum, p. 1-54 (general), 77-94 (tomb of Atet), 159-177 (paintings & reliefs), 189-203 (catalogue).
Mariette, Mastabas. Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 16 [A, B, C]. Petrie, Medum, p. 14-15, 24-29. Petrie, Mackay & Wainwright, Meydum and Memphis III, p. 4-5, 18-22. Petrie, Wainwright & Mackay, The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh, p. 25-26. Smith in: JEA 23, p. 17-26, pls. IV-VII. |
| Remarks | |
| Summary | 1 rooms (I) 6 walls (01, 02, 03-04, 05, 06, 07) |
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| Plan remarks |
Plan: drawing from Labyrinth, pl. XV.
MastaBase numbering, not P&M. |
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Room I
Wall 01
Orientation S
Sources
Harpur, Maidum, p. 77, 189-191, fig. 80, pl. 11-12.
Remarks
All that remains of this wall are several fragments. Most likely Nefermaat and Atet were depicted watching the desert hunt (HU/D) and men bringing wild animals (OF/Prd).
Fragments of this wall are in various museums:
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (jnv. no. 1891.582).
- British Museum, London (inv. no. 69015).
- University College, London (inv. nos. 16058-16060, 31036)
Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
-
Literature:
-
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
-
Literature:
-
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: ?
N: -
Wpi: ?
Themes:
HU - Hunting
D - Desert hunt
Description:
-
Literature:
-
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: Y
N: -
Wpi: ?
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prd - Procession of desert cattle
Description:
-
Literature:
-
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: rn nwDw Translat: Young Mendes antelope.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Room I
Wall 02
Orientation N
Sources
Harpur, Maidum, p. 77-78, 191-195, fig. 81, pl. 13-22.
Remarks
Fragments of this wall are in various museums:
- British Museum, London (inv. no. 69014)
- Brussels Museum (inv. no. E.5304)
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo (inv. no. CG1742-CG1744)
- MFA, Boston (inv. nos. 1891.285, 1891.286a-b, 1891.287)
- University Museum, Manchester (inv. no. 3594).
Register 02/01
K from above: 1
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 2
Wpi: U
Themes:
FO - Fowling
H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
Description:
Three men fowling with a hexagonal net. Another man in front of them has two birds in his hands. Below there is a subregister depicting six geese (the Medum-geese).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 77-78, 191-195, fig. 81, pl. 13-22.
Literature on the Medum geese:
Borchardt & Reisner, Works of art, p. 32 [upper].
Capart, Memphis, p. 33, fig. 31.
Farina, La Pittura Egiziana, VIII.
Grébaut, Le Musée Égyptien I, pl. XXIX (lower).
Maspero & Roeder, Führer, (1912), pl. 10 [a].
Rhoné, Gazette des Beaux Arts, (1881), p. 239.
Schäfer, Von äg. Kunst, pl. 10.
Smith, Art & Arch., fig. 17.
Smith, in: JEA 23, p. 17-26.
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 78.
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 78.
Remarks: -
Column(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ smr N Translat: Companion N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 78.
Remarks: -
Register 02/02
K from above: 2
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: 2
Wpi: L
Themes:
AL - Agriculture; land preparation and horticulture
Lp=Land preparation with plough
So=Sowers (with bags)
Description:
Two groups of two men ploughing and a fifth man sowing.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 77-78, 191-195, fig. 81, pl. 13-22.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: skA m hb Translat: Ploughing with the plough.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: s<Tt ?> Translat: (Sowing).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Room I
Wall 03-04
Orientation W
Sources
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXII-XXIV.
Remarks
Wall has three numbers: 01 (lintel), 02 (left of door) and 03 (right of door).
Fragments of this wall are in various museums:
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. 1910.635)
- British Museum, London (inv. no. 1510).
- Brussels Museum (inv. no. E.4949)
- City Museum, Bristol (inv. no. 1910.H.3571 & some unnumbered fragments)
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv. no. E.23.1910)
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen (inv. no. AEIN 1133)
- Oriental Institute Chicago (inv. no. OI 9002 and OI 19453; the latter formerly in MMA, New York, inv. no. 10.164.2)
- Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh (inv. no. 1910.153)
- Staatliche Sammlung, Munich (inv. no. Gl.103a-f)
- University Museum, Manchester (inv. no. 5168)
Register 03/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 6
Text: N
N: 7
Wpi: U
Themes:
SL - Slaughtering
C=Domestic cattle
Description:
Slaughtering a bull.
( In Brussels Museum).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXII.
Register 03/3
K from above: 3
K from below: 5
Text: N
N: 7
Wpi: M
Themes:
ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
H=Herd
Description:
Bulls and tree.
( In Munich, Staatliche Sammlung).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIII.
Register 03-04/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 7
Text: Y
N: 7
Wpi: U
Themes:
FO - Fowling
H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
Description:
n frmAat fowling wit a hexagonal net. With papyrus to the left. ( In Oxford, Ashmolean museum).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXII.
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ iry-pat HAty-a iry nxn N Translat: Hereditary prince, count (and) guardian of Nekhen N
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 82.
Remarks: -
Register 03-04/1a
K from above: 1
K from below: 8
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: U
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Pb=Presentation of birds
Description:
Sons bringing birds to owner. ( In New York, M etropolitan M useum of A rt).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXII.
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 82.
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 82.
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 82.
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: & N Translat: T N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 82.
Remarks: -
Register 03/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 4
Text: Y
N: 7
Wpi: M
Themes:
ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
Cc=Care of domestic cattle
Description:
Man with calf and bull.
( In Munich, Staatliche Sammlung).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIII.
Column(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N (?) Translat: N (?)
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 85.
Remarks: -
Register 03/5
K from above: 5
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: 7
Wpi: M
Themes:
SH - Ships
Wb=Wooden boat building
Description:
Wooden boat building by three men.
( In Munich, Staatliche Sammlung).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIII.
Row(s) < Damaged
Translit: \ sp<t> Translat: Binding.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 85.
Remarks: -
Register 03/6
K from above: 6
K from below: 2
Text: ?
N: 7
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Three offering bearers (children of owner).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIII.
Register 03/7
K from above: 7
K from below: 1
Text: ?
N: 7
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Three offering bearers (children of owner).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIII.
Register 04/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 7
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: U
Themes:
SL - Slaughtering
D=Desert animals / cattle
Description:
Man beheads an ibex, man with shank and offerings of meat and fowl. ( In Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXII.
Register 04/3
K from above: 3
K from below: 6
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: U
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Bringing of wine and fruits for offering.
( In Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXII.
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: \ iTi irp iaw-rA Translat: Bringing wine for the breakfast.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 86.
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: \ dAb Translat: Figs.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 86.
Remarks: -
Register 04/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 5
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Pb=Presentation of birds
Description:
Presentation of birds.
( In Manchester, University Museum).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIV.
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: \ mDt pr-Dt Translat: Cattle stalls of the funerary domain.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 86.
Remarks: -
Register 04/5
K from above: 5
K from below: 4
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Description:
Procession of an ox and an ibex.
( In Manchester, University Museum).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIV.
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: \ rn Translat: Young (1).
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 86.
Remarks: 1) Or "Stall-fed".
Register 04/6
K from above: 6
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Obb=Offering bearers on boats
Description:
Two men in a canoe with a big bird.
( In Manchester, University Museum).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIV.
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: \ prt m sxt Translat: Coming out of the marshes.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 87.
Remarks: -
Register 04/7
K from above: 7
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
FO - Fowling
H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
Description:
Two men fowling with a hexagonal net.
( In Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIV.
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 87.
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ smr N Translat: Companion N.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 87.
Remarks: -
Register 04/8
K from above: 8
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
VA - Various
MB=Monkeys / Birds
Description:
Boy with an ibex and two monkeys.
( In Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 81-87, 195-200, fig. 82-86, pl. 23-35.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXIV.
Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
Owner seated.
Literature:
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Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
Owner seated, with two children behind her.
Literature:
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Room I
Wall 05
Orientation S
Sources
Harpur, Maidum, p. 87-88, 201, fig. 87, pl. 36.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXV.
Remarks
Upper part of this wall is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (BMFA unregistered).
Register 05/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 4
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: U
Themes:
SH - Ships
Wb=Wooden boat building
Description:
Wooden boat building. Very damaged.
(In Boston, Museum of Fine Arts).
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 87-88, 201, fig. 87, pl. 36.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXV.
Row(s) < Damaged
Translit: \ Sdt m dSr Translat: Fashioning (timber) with a long-hafted adze.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 88.
Remarks: -
Register 05/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: M
Themes:
SH - Ships
Wb=Wooden boat building
Description:
Wooden boat building. Very damaged.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 87-88, 201, fig. 87, pl. 36.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXV.
? ? Damaged
Translit: <...> Translat: (Damaged).
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 88.
Remarks: According to Harpur ( Maidum p. 88) the hieroglyphs might have read: "Fashioning (the timber)".
Register 05/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 1
Text: ?
N: 4
Wpi: L
Themes:
AL - Agriculture; land preparation and horticulture
Wp=Pressing wine
Description:
Remains of a wine-pressing scene.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 87-88, 201, fig. 87, pl. 36.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXV.
Room I
Wall 06
Orientation N
Sources
Harpur, Maidum, p. 89-90, 201-202, fig. 88, pl. 37-38.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVII.
Remarks
Nefermaat and Atet / sister (?) hunting (in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Univ. Mus).
Part of the desert hunt is now in the Pennsylvania University Museum, Philadelphia (inv. no. E.16141). The t wo lowest registers are in the Brussels Museum (inv. no. E.4948).
Register 06/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 5
Text: Y
N: 5
Wpi: U
Themes:
HU - Hunting
D=Desert hunt
Description:
Desert hunt: A greyhound (?) biting a large hare.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 89-90, 201-202, fig. 88, pl. 37-38.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVII.
? ? Damaged
Translit: <...>H<...> Translat: (Damaged)
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 89.
Remarks: -
Register 06/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 4
Text: N
N: 5
Wpi: U
Themes:
HU - Hunting
D=Desert hunt
Description:
Desert hunt: White oryx, brown antelope and perhaps an addax on the right.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 89-90, 201-202, fig. 88, pl. 37-38.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVII.
Register 06/3
K from above: 3
K from below: 3
Text: N
N: 5
Wpi: M
Themes:
HU - Hunting
D=Desert hunt
Description:
Desert hunt: a greyhound biting an antelope.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 89-90, 201-202, fig. 88, pl. 37-38.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVII.
Register 06/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 5
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Description:
Procession of gazelles (?)
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 89-90, 201-202, fig. 88, pl. 37-38.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVII.
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: \ init nDt-Hr n pr-<n-Dt> Translat: Bringing gifts of the funerary domain.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 90.
Remarks: This textcolumn continues next to register 06/5.
Register 06/5
K from above: 5
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: 5
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Description:
Procession of cattle, including a deer, a bull and an adda x.
Literature:
Harpur, Maidum, p. 89-90, 201-202, fig. 88, pl. 37-38.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVII.
Column(s) ? Caption
Translit: \ nwDw Translat: Addax.
LitRef: Harpur, Maidum, p. 90.
Remarks: - Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
Description:
Owner (?) with husband hunting.
Literature:
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Room I
Wall 07
Orientation W
Sources
Harpur, Maidum, p. 90-91, 203, fig. 89.
Mariette, Monuments divers, pl. 17.
Petrie, Medum, pl. XXVI.
Remarks
False door. In Liverpool Museum.