| LMP no. 024 |
Code LG90 |
Location Giza |
Owner dbHn |
P&M ref. IIIČ-235-236 |
| Tomb type | Rock-cut |
| Gender | Male |
| Most likely date | Menkaure, Mycerinus |
| Dating P&M | Menkaure, Mycerinus |
| Dating Harpur | Menkaure, Mycerinus | Harpur no. | 297-CF |
| Dating Cherpion | Menkaure, Mycerinus |
| Dating Kanawati | Menkaure, Mycerinus, early | Kanawati no. | 380 |
| Other dating | - |
| King | - |
| Literature | Hassan, Giza IV, p. 159-184. |
| Remarks | Tomb of Hammed es-Samaan. |
| Summary | 2 rooms (I, II) 9 walls (01a-c, 01d, 01e, 02, 03-04, 05, 06, 07, 08) |
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| Plan remarks | Plan: P&M XXXII. |
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Room I
Wall 01a-c
Orientation E
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 114, 115.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 37a.
Remarks
Lintel (01a-b) and drum (01c) with offering text.
Room I
Wall 01d
Orientation S
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 117.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36a.
Remarks
-
Register 01d/1
K from above: ?
K from below: ?
Text: N
N: ?
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Servant.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 117.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36a.
Register 01d/2
K from above: ?
K from below: ?
Text: Y
N: ?
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Servant.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 117.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36a.
Column(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 166.
Remarks: - Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
Owner with son in front of him and dog behind him.
Literature:
-
Room I
Wall 01e
Orientation N
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 116.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36b.
Remarks
-
Register 01e/1
K from above: ?
K from below: ?
Text: N
N: ?
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Servant.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 116.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36b.
Register 01e/2
K from above: ?
K from below: ?
Text: N
N: ?
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Servant.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 116.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36b.
Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
Description:
Owner with daughter in front of him and monkey b ehind him (with gif written above the monkey).
Literature:
-
Room I
Wall 02
Orientation E
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 118.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 37b.
Remarks
Above: Text of building the tomb by Mycerinus.
Below: Niche with thirteen rock-cut statues (now destroyed).
Room I
Wall 03-04
Orientation N
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 119.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36c.
Remarks
Wall has two numbers: 03 (left of door) and 04 (right of door).
Register 03/1
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. 119.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36c.
Register 03/2
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. 119.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36c.
Register 03/3
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. 119.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36c.
Register 03/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 5
Wpi: L
Themes:
GA - Games / Music
M=Musical group / orchestra, incl. singing
Description:
Seven musicians: 2 harpists, 2 singers and 3 flutists.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 119.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36c.
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: \ sqr n kA Translat: Playing for the Ka.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 171.
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: \ sqr Translat: Playing.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 171.
Remarks: -
Register 03/5
K from above: 5
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: 5
Wpi: L
Themes:
GA - Games / Music
D=Dancing
Description:
Four dancers and three women clapping hands with a dwarf at the right holding an object with a calfshead.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 119.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 36c.
Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
Description:
-
Literature:
-
Room II
Wall 05
Orientation S
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Remarks
-
Register 05/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 8
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: U
Themes:
FU - Funeral
Ds=Dragging statues
Description:
Five men dragging a sledge on which stands a statue of a woman.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: \ <...> irw n.f wabt-pr r iz <...>... ... <...> Translat: (...) which is made to him from the embalming-house to the tomb (...)
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 175.
Remarks:
? < Caption
Translit: <...>t n wA <...> irt <...> Translat: (Damaged).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks:
Register 05/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 7
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: U
Themes:
FU - Funeral
Ds=Dragging statues
Description:
Six men dragging a sledge with a statue of the owner.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: \ kAp cnTr Translat: Burning incense.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 177.
Remarks: -
Register 05/3
K from above: 3
K from below: 6
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: U
Themes:
OF - Offerings
O=Offerings on display
Description:
Offerings on display.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Register 05/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 5
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
O=Offerings on display
Description:
Offerings on display.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Register 05/5
K from above: 5
K from below: 4
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
S=Servants without attributes (incl. ka-servants)
Description:
Funerary priest, standing.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: \ wdn ixt Translat: The placing of offerings.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 178.
Remarks:
Register 05/5a
K from above: 5
K from below: 4
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Pi=Presentation of incense
Description:
Five priests with incense in front of the embalminghouse.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Mixed < Caption
Translit: \ wdn ixt snm<t> Axt in wt Translat: The placing of offerings, the food of the glorified, by the wty -priest.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 177.
Remarks: Composition: 1) Row; 2) Column.
Register 05/5-6
K from above: 5-6
K from below: 3-4
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: ML
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Pi=Presentation of incense
Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Seven priests or offering bearers are walking up a slope towards the embalminghouse or tomb (which covers two registers).
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Mixed < Caption
Translit: \ wdn ixt snm<t> Axt in wt Translat: The placing of offerings, the food of the glorified, by the wty -priest.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 177.
Remarks: Composition: 1) Row; 2) Column.
Register 05/6
K from above: 6
K from below: 8
Text: Y
N: 3
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
S=Servants without attributes (incl. ka-servants)
Description:
Kneeling funerary priest.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: \ sAxt in wt Translat: Glorification (performed) by the Embalming-priest.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 178.
Remarks: -
Register 05/6a
K from above: 6
K from below: 3
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Description:
Tree cows.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Register 05/7
K from above: 7
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
SL - Slaughtering
C=Domestic cattle
Description:
Five men slaughtering two bulls.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: \ rxc iwAw n qrst aA wrt m Htp-di-nsw.t Translat: Slaughtering the Iwi-oxen for burial, very greatly (in great quantities ?) as a boon which the King gives.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 179.
Remarks:
Register 05/7a
K from above: 7
K from below: 2
Text: N
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
FO - Fowling
?=Unknown
Description:
Birds hanging from the roof to dry.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Register 05/7b
K from above: 7
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
O=Offerings on display
S=Servants without attributes (incl. ka-servants)
Description:
Offerings on display with a funerary priest on the right.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: wt Translat: Embalming-priest.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: Awt n zS DADAt Translat: Presenting of (a) document(s) of the magistrates.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 05/7c
K from above: 7
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
GA - Games / Music
D=Dancing
Description:
Four women dancing and three women clapping hands with to the far right two men standing.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: iwf.f <i>tmi Translat: Sein ganzer Leib.
LitRef: Edel, Akazienhaus, p. 10.
Remarks:
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: HAt Translat: Klagen.
LitRef: Edel, Akazienhaus, p. 10.
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: wAH <i>xt Hr DADAt Translat: Niederlegen des Speisen auf den DADAt -Tisch.
LitRef: Edel, Akazienhaus, p. 11.
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: \ Hst in SnDtt n HAt Translat: Das Händeklatschen vonseiten der SnDtt -Mädchen während des Klagens.
LitRef: Edel, Akazienhaus, p. 9-10.
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: n m <...>w Translat: (Damaged)
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 05/8
K from above: 8
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: 8
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Prb=Procession of birds
Pl=Presentation of lotus
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Ov=Offerings, vessels
Description:
From left to right: Procession of desert and domestic cattle, birds, lotus and vessels.
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 122.
Lepsius, DM II, pl. 35.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: \ iTit iwA Translat: Bringing forth the Iwi-bull.
LitRef: Hassan, Giza IV, p. 179.
Remarks: -
Room II
Wall 06
Orientation W
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 128.
Remarks
Palace façade false door.
Room II
Wall 07
Orientation N
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 123-127.
Remarks
Various fragments of names and titles.
Room II
Wall 08
Orientation E
Sources
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 121.
Lepsius, DM Erg., XXXIV b.
Remarks
Register 08/1
K from above: ?
K from below: ?
Text: ?
N: ?
Wpi: ?
Themes:
FI - Fishing
?=Unknown
Description:
Block with a depiction of fish and a hippopotamus. Possibly fishing (with a dragnet?) or hippopotamus hunt (then belonging to theme HU/H).
Literature:
Hassan, Giza IV, fig. 121.
Lepsius, DM Erg., XXXIV b.