LMP no.
040		 Code
D52		 Location
Saqqara		 Owner
snnwanx		 P&M ref.
IIIČ-582
Tomb type Mastaba
Gender Male
Most likely date Dynasty 5, first half
Dating P&M Sahure or later
Dating Harpur Sahure - Niuserre Harpur no. 500-ESP
Dating Cherpion Sahure*
Dating Kanawati - Kanawati no. -
Other dating Dynasty 6 (Baer)
King Sahure
Literature Borchardt, Denkmäler II, p. 14-15, pl. 59.
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 36.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 316-321.
Remarks -
Summary1 rooms (I)
6 walls (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06)

Plan remarks Plan: P&M LIX.

 

Room  I Wall  01 Orientation  S          

Sources Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 36b.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 317 [middle].
Remarks Cairo Museum, no. Temp. 27.6.16.2 probably belongs to this wall. It depicts an oryx, a gazelle and an ibex facing right, accompanied by herdsmen (OF/Prd?).

Register  01/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: VA - Various
     Scb=Scribes, bastonnade
   Description: Scribes and punishment.
   Literature: Mariette, Mastabas, p. 317 [middle].
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: zS m nDt-Hr
Translat:  Administrating gifts.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  01/x+1a K from above:  x+1 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: Procession of cattle, antelopes and gazelles.
   Literature: Mariette, Mastabas, p. 317 [middle].
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: int nDt-Hr iwAt
Translat:  Bringing of gifts, cows.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  According to Mariette this caption was "plusieurs fois répétée" (Mariette, p. 317).

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

Room  I Wall  02 Orientation  N          

Sources Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 36a.
Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 337-339 [8S5].
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 317 [top].
Remarks Cairo Museum, no. Temp. 27.6.16.1 belongs to this wall. This block depicts five female estates facing left (OF/E). The block belongs to the uppermost register of this corridor wall.

Register  02/1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     E=Estates
   Description: Fourteen female estates facing left.
   Literature: Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 337-339 [8S5].
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 317 [top].
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 337.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 337.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 338.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 338.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 338.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 338.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 338.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 339.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 339.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 339.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 339.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, p. 339.
Remarks: -

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

Room  I Wall  03 Orientation  S          

Sources Mariette, Mastabas, p. 319 [middle].
Remarks According to Mariette "scènes de navigation" were depicted on this wall (SH/?).

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: ?  
   N:  - Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: SH - Ships
? - Unknown
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -

Room  I Wall  04 Orientation  W          

Sources Mariette, Mastabas, p. 319 [bottom].
Remarks False door. Fragment of right jamb in Berlin (east) Museum no. 7728.

Room  I Wall  05 Orientation  W          

Sources Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 59 (block B).
Remarks In Cairo Museum, no. CG1554.

Register  05/1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
O=Offerings on display
   Description: Remains of offering bearers and offerings on display.
   Literature: Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 59.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  05/2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Offerings on display and five offering bearers facing left.
   Literature: Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 59.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: zS N
Translat:  The scribe N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: zAb zS N
Translat:  The judge and scribe N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  05/3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Men slaughtering bulls.
   Literature: Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 59.
Montet, Scènes, p. 174-175.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: ii.n nw ir.k m b<A>g<i>
Translat:  These have come to you tired.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: dm ds
Translat:  Sharpening the knife.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: nDr nw nt<yw> m a.k m b<A>g<i>.sn
Translat:  Hold fast those who are in your hand tired (1).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) Litt. 'in their being tired'.

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: iTi r.k zfT
Translat:  Pull towards yourself. Cut
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: nDr nw nt<yw> m a.k
Translat:  Hold fast those who are in your hand.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

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

Room  I Wall  06 Orientation  E          

Sources Mariette, Mastabas, p. 317 [bottom].
Remarks Owner (A) standing with a son and a dwarf. In front of him are offering bearers (OF/Ob) and musicians (GA/M) with above an inscription (contract funerary priests).

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: Y  
   N:  - Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
Ob - Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  Mariette, p. 317.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  Mariette, p. 317.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  Mariette, p. 317.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N
Translat:  N.
LitRef:  Mariette, p. 317.
Remarks: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: ?  
   N:  - Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
M - Musical group / orchestra, incl. singing
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A - Owner (orientation unknown), incl. family members
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A - Owner (orientation unknown), incl. family members
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -

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