LMP no.
021		 Code
LG89		 Location
Giza		 Owner
sxmkAra		 P&M ref.
IIIČ-233-234
Tomb type Rock-cut
Gender Male
Most likely date Sahure
Dating P&M Khafre, Chephren - dynasty 5, early
Dating Harpur Sahure Harpur no. 229-CF
Dating Cherpion Sahure
Dating Kanawati Dynasty 5, early Kanawati no. 302
Other dating Sahure (Baud, no. 218, p. 575)
King Sahure ?
Literature Hassan, Giza IV, p. 103-123.
Remarks -
Summary3 rooms (E, I, II)
10 walls (01a-c, 01d-fr, 01e, 01f-g, 02, 03, 04-fr, 05, 06, 07)

Plan remarks Plan: P&M XXXII.
E = Entrance.

 

Room  E Wall  01a-c Orientation  N          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 54, pl. XXXIII.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41c.
Remarks -

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: Owner standing.
   Literature: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner standing.
   Literature: -

Room  E Wall  01d-fr Orientation  W          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 56.
Remarks Block.

Register  01d-fr/1 K from above:  ? K from below:  ? Text: Y  
   N:  ? Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Remains of two offering bearers with birds.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 56.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 109.
Remarks: -

Register  01d-fr/2 K from above:  ? K from below:  ? Text: Y  
   N:  ? Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Remains of three offering bearers.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 56.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 109.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: cHD Hm<w>-kA
Translat:  Inspector of the Ka-servants.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 109.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: cHD Hm<w>-kA
Translat:  Inspector of the Ka-servants.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 109.
Remarks: -

Room  E Wall  01e Orientation  E          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 55.
Remarks Remains of owner with wife, seated.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -

Room  I Wall  01f-g Orientation  S          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.
Remarks Register 01f-1: Cf. L MP no. 18 (LG86), wall no. 2.

Register  01f/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  x+4 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
     Gg=Grazing goat
   Description: Grazing goat in front of tree.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: Tz mst idt
Translat:  (..?..) delivering (by) the female animal (1).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) i.e. a goat.

Register  01f/1a K from above:  1 K from below:  x+4 Text: ?  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ov=Offerings, vessels
   Description: Offering vessels in subregister.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.

Register  01f/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  x+3 Text: ?  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: FO - Fowling
     T=Tree-net
   Description: Fowling with tree-net.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.
cf. Vandier, Manuel V, p. 313 n. 4.

Register  01f/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  x+2 Text: ?  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: FO - Fowling
     Bc=Caging birds
   Description: Caging birds. Probably in connection with register 01f/2.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.

Register  01g/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  x+4 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: SH - Ships
     Wb=Wooden boat building
   Description: Wooden boat building.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: fnx (?) SA (?)
Translat: -
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  1g/1a K from above:  1 K from below:  x+4 Text: ?  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: SH - Ships
     Ft=Felling trees
   Description: Four blocks depicting the felling of trees. This is the most likely place where it completes a boat building sequence.
   Literature: Harpur, appendix 1, no. 9.
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57, 60.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.

Register  01g/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  x+3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: TR - Trades
     C=Carpentry
   Description: Carpenters. To the left two men sitting with a drill.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Damaged
Translit: ???
Translat:  (Damaged).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  The reproduction in Hassan is not clear enough to recognise the signs.

Register  01g/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  x+2 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
     Ps=Piling sheaves
W=Winnowing etc. of grain
   Description: Men sieving / winnowing grain and placing it on a pile.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.
Vandier, Manuel VI, p. 175-183, 187, 190c, 204-208, fig. 67 (3rd reg.), 87.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: \ aHa it mH 4 & Szp 5
Translat:  A heap of grain 46 ells and 5 palms.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 111.
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: r<...>
Translat:  (Damaged).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: <n>S <in> diwt
Translat:  Sieving (by) the five-crew.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: Axi it
Translat:  Sweeping together barley.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: mfxt it
Translat:  Sieving barley.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  01g/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  x+1 Text: ?  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
     P=Putting papyrus on grain pile
   Description: Putting papyrus on a grain pile.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 57.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVI.

Room  I Wall  02 Orientation  W          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 61.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVII.
Remarks -

Register  02/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  x+3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: SH - Ships
     Wr=Wooden rowing boats
   Description: Wooden rowing boat.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 61.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVII.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: imntt
Translat:  West (?)
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  02/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  x+2 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: SH - Ships
     Wr=Wooden rowing boats
   Description: Wooden rowing boat. To the left a sitting woman is still visible and a paw.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 61.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVII.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: \ ir Hr imy-wrt
Translat:  Going to the West
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 116.
Remarks: -

Register  02/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  x+1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Remnants of a slaughter scene.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 61.
Lepsius, DM Erg., pl. XXXVII.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: <...> rdit rx (?) Tz (?) mA
Translat:  (...) giving (..?..).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ zS n pr-Dt N
Translat:  The scribe of the House of Eternity N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 116.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: <...>m<...>
Translat:  (Damaged).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: Y  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner next to a lady.
   Literature: -
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Observation
Translit: \ <mA>A sqdt kAt <in> & N
Translat:  ( Seeing) the sailing works by T N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 116.
Remarks: -

Room  I Wall  03 Orientation  E          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 58.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 42a.
Remarks -

Register  03/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  x+3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     E=Estates
   Description: Twenty-one estates facing left.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 58.
Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 224-226 [11G4-5]
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 42a.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 225.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 225.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 225.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 225.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 225.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 225.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 226.
Remarks: -

Register  03/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  x+2 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: FO - Fowling
     H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
Bc=Caging birds
   Description: Fowling: hexagonal net on the right, taking birds out of the net in the middle and presenting them to the owner on the left.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 58.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 42a.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ cHD Hm<w>-kA N
Translat:  Inspector of the Ka-servants N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 114.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm-kA N
Translat:  The ka-servant N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 114.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: <N>
Translat:  (N).
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 114.
Remarks: -

Register  03/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  x+1 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: FI - Fishing
     D=Fishing with dragnet (/seine)
Tr=Fish transportation
   Description: Remains of a fishing scene.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 58.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 42a.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: Y  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: Owner with wife.
   Literature: -
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Observation
Translit: \ mA<A> inw n HqAw<.f> niww.f wHaw.f innt m niwwt pr<-Dt.f> n & N.
Translat:  Seeing the tribute of his controllers and herdsmen, his fowlers and fishermen, which is brought from the estate of his (House of Eternity) to T N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 112.
Remarks: -

Room  I Wall  04-fr Orientation  N          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 59.
Remarks -

Register  04-fr/1 K from above:  ? K from below:  ? Text: N  
   N:  ? Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     B=Birds
   Description: Block with a depiction of a hawk, a hoopoe and a butterfly.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 59.

Room  II Wall  05 Orientation  W          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 63.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 42c.
Remarks Offering list with name and titles above.

Room  II Wall  06 Orientation  E          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 62.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41b.
Remarks Upper two registers are connected by four lotuscolumns.

Register  6/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 62.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41b.

Register  6/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 62.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41b.

Register  6/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 62.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41b.

Register  6/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offering bearers to the left and offerings to the right.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 62.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41b.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ cHD Hm<w>-kA nb imAx n <...>
Translat:  Inspector of the Ka-servants, the Possessor of Honour (...).
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 118.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: \ cHD Hm<w>-kA N
Translat:  Inspector of the Ka-servants N.
LitRef:  Hassan, Giza IV, p. 118.
Remarks: -

Register  6/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
     D=Dancing
   Description: Dancers.
   Literature: Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 62.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41b.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: Owner seated next to a lady.
   Literature: -

Room  II Wall  07 Orientation  N          

Sources Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 64.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 41a.
Remarks Palace façade false door.

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