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.
Summary2 rooms (I, II)
9 walls (01a-c, 01d, 01e, 02, 03-04, 05, 06, 07, 08)

Plan remarks Plan: P&M XXXII.

 

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.
   
 

Texts:

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.


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