LMP no.
051		 Code
No.20 = D41		 Location
Saqqara		 Owner
sxmanxptH		 P&M ref.
IIIČ-454-455
Tomb type Mastaba
Gender Male
Most likely date -
Dating P&M Dynasty 5, middle or later
Dating Harpur Djedkare-Isesi - Unas, Wenis Harpur no. 504-NSP
Dating Cherpion -
Dating Kanawati - Kanawati no. -
Other dating -
King -
Literature Mariette, Mastabas, p. 285-2 9 3.
Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah.
Remarks In Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 04.1760 and block 1971.296.
Summary1 rooms (I)
4 walls (01, 02, 03, 04)

Plan remarks Plan: P&M XLVII.

 

Room  I Wall  01 Orientation  E          

Sources Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, pl. C, VI- VIII.
Remarks -

Register  01/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  6 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
     Bc=Birth of domestic cattle
   Description: Cow calving with two men helping.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, pl. C, VI- VIII.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r mD<t>
Translat:  The overseer of the stalls.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: cmci idt cfx wr
Translat:  Causing the cow to give birth, a big delivery (1).
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8.
Remarks:  1) Or: 'delivering well'.

Register  01/1-4 K from above:  1-4 K from below:  3-6 Text: N  
   N:  6 Wpi:  UM  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     B=Birds
   Description: Birds in the swamp.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, pl. C, VI- VIII.

Register  01/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  5 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
     C=Copulating
   Description: Copulating. A man watches.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, pl. C, VI- VIII.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: nhp
Translat:  Mating.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8.
Remarks: -

Register  01/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
     H=Herd
   Description: Shepherd with a bull and calves.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, fig. 4, pl. C, VI- VIII.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young bull.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8.
Remarks: -

Register  01/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
     M=Milking
   Description: Man milking a cow with an attendant watching. A man seated to the right receives a drink.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, fig. 4 pl. C, VI- VIII.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r mDt
Translat:  Overseer of the stalls.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 9.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: cSr irTt
Translat:  Milking milk.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 9.
Remarks: -

Register  01/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: Procession of domestic cattle.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, pl. C, VI- VIII.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: swri rn iwA
Translat:  The young ox drinks.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 9.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young bull.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 9.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young bull.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 9.
Remarks: -

Register  01/6 K from above:  6 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Slaughtering scene.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 8-10, pl. C, VI- VIII.
   
 

Texts:

?   <   Damaged
Translit: ???
Translat:  (Damaged).
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: <z>f<T> <m>nt
Translat:  Cutting the hind leg.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: zfT wAwt in cSmty
Translat:  Cutting the tendons by the butcher.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks:  See also Simpson, p. 10, n. 35.

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: ctp iwA
Translat:  Slaughtering a bull.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: wab sx<mt>
Translat:  Priest of Sakhmet.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks: -

Room  I Wall  02 Orientation  S          

Sources Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, pl. D, IX-XVI.
Remarks -

Register  02/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  6 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prd=Procession of desert cattle
   Description: Procession of desert cattle.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, pl. D, IX-XVI.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn ibAw
Translat:  Young sheep.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn hnn
Translat:  Young deer.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn Sc<Aw>
Translat:  Young antelope.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn gHc
Translat:  Young gazelle.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn nwDw
Translat:  Young addax.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn mA-HD
Translat:  Young oryx.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: rn niA
Translat:  Young ibex.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks: -

Register  02/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  5 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: FO - Fowling
     Bc=Caging birds
H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
   Description: Fowling with a hexagonal net and caging birds.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, pl. D, IX-XVI.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: rdit cxt
Translat:  Setting the trap.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 12.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: cxt Apd<w> in wHa<w>
Translat:  Trapping fowl by the fowlers.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 12.
Remarks: -

Register  02/2a K from above:  2 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  6 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: SH - Ships
     Fb=Jousting scene / Fighting boatmen
   Description: Fighting boatmen in three papyrus skiffs with a scribe rendering accounts to the right.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, fig. 5, pl. D, IX-XVI.

Register  02/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: AL - Agriculture; land preparation and horticulture
     St=Sheep covering / treading seed
Lp=Land preparation with plough
So=Sowers (with bags)
Sc=Scribes administrating
   Description: From left to right: Ploughing, sheep treading seed, sowing and two scribes.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, pl. D, IX-XVI.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: iz hA iz
Translat:  Go forward, O, go forward.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 13.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: ckA m hb
Translat:  Ploughing with the plough.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 13.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: Xr r.T r.T bAkt
Translat:  Watch out below you, below you, O servant.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 13.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: Xr r.T bAkt
Translat:  Watch out below you, O servant!
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 13.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: ii imntt iw b<ty Tn iw> bt<y> m mw mm rmw iw.f m mdw.f H<na nar> snbb.f Hna wHat ii Bt<y> n imntt
Translat:  O West, (where is Baty?); Baty is in the water amo n g the fish, he is speaking with the (cat-fish) and he is conversing with the Mormyrus-fish, O Baty of the West.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 11.
Remarks:  Sower's song

Register  02/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
     Hg=Grain harvest
Hfl=Flax harvest
Sc=Scribes administrating
   Description: Harvets of rye, wheat and flax with a scribe rendering accounts to the right.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, pl. D, IX-XVI.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: iSst pw r.f TAy crf ib
Translat:  What is this then, a careful man?
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 14.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Spoken
Translit: iDd<.i> n.Tn rHw iw it hrww in Asx r nfr ir.f sw
Translat:  What I say to you, O men, is: there is barley ready, and he who reaps the best, he will get it.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 14.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: TAt
Translat:  Flax-sheaf.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 14.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: dmA mHa
Translat:  Binding up the flax.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 13.
Remarks: -

Register  02/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
     Tr=Transportation by donkey (to / from threshing)
Td=Threshing by donkeys
Sc=Scribes administrating
   Description: Transportation by donkeys, threshing done by donkeys and men with sticks with a scribe rendering accounts to the right.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, fig. 7, pl. D, IX-XVI.
Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Kayemnofret in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 21, fig. 17 [addition of a fragment].
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Spoken
- 
Translit: hA is
Translat:  Go forward.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 14.
Remarks:  Text acoording to Mariette. No longer visible.

?   ?   Spoken
- 
Translit: <d>m n pH nt<y> H<na>
Translat:  A prod to the rump, O comrade.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 14.
Remarks:  Text acoording to Mariette. No longer visible.

Register  02/6 K from above:  6 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
     S=Storage of grain and other products
Td=Threshing by donkeys
W=Winnowing etc. of grain
   Description: Storage of grain on a pile (on both sides of the threshing), threshing donkeys and winnowing.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, fig. 6, 9-10, pl. D, IX-XVI.
Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Kayemnofret in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 21, fig. 17 [addition of a fragment].
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: wbc bdt
Translat:  Stacking emmer-wheat.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks: -

Mixed   >   Spoken
Translit: wAH r nfr Hn.k m anx
Translat:  Heap (it up) well, may you prosper in life.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks:  Composition: 1 & 3) Columns; 2) Row.

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: iab
Translat:  Heaping.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: mAA.k <irt.k>
Translat:  You must watch what you are doing.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Simpson, Kayemnofret, p. 21.
Remarks:  Simpson joins a fragment to the scene (see: Kayemnofret, p. 21), which completes the texts.

Row(s)   >   Spoken
Translit: ir m<i> HA.k im.cn
Translat:  Drive them around.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: ckA
Translat:  Ass-foal (?)
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: Ax it in diw<t>
Translat:  Broom-winnowing of barley by the five-crew.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: xA<xA> in diwt
Translat:  Winnowing by the five-crew.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 16.
Remarks: -

Register  02/6a K from above:  6 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: VA - Various
     Sc=Scribes administrating
   Description: Scribes administrating and a man meauring grain.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10-16, fig. 8, pl. D, IX-XVI.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: xAt it in DADAt
Translat:  Measuring barley by the assessors (?).
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 15.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: nxt-xrw
Translat:  T ally-man.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 15.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: zS Snwt
Translat:  Scribe of the granary.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 15.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r pr
Translat:  Steward.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 15.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: iry mDAt pr-Dt
Translat:  Archivist of the funerary estate.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 15.
Remarks: -

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

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Observation
Translit: mAA kAt cxt ckA Asx Hwi mHaw Sdt iaAw Hwi iaAw spwt xAxA
Translat:  Viewing the work of the fields, ploughing, reaping, gathering flax, loading asses, the asses treading the threshing floors, and win n owing.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks: -

Mixed   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: & N
Translat:  T N.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 10.
Remarks:  Composition: 1-5) Columns; 6) Row.

Room  I Wall  03 Orientation  N          

Sources Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.
Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Kayemnofret in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p. 21-22, fig. 18 [addition of fragments].
Remarks -

Register  03/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  8 Text: N  
   N:  8 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offering on display.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.

Register  03/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  7 Text: N  
   N:  8 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.

Register  03/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  8 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
Sr=Sacrificial ritual
   Description: Offerings on display. With in the damaged part left the sacrificial ritual.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.

Register  03/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  8 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.

Register  03/6 K from above:  6 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  8 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Eight offering bearers facing left (to the right of the damaged part).
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.

Register  03/7 K from above:  7 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  8 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Six times two men carrying a table with offerings and four other offering bearers to the right. All facing left.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, pl. A, I-III.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: DA ixt t Hnqt <...>
Translat:  Transporting (?) goods: bread and beer (...).
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks: -

Register  03/8 K from above:  8 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  8 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Slaughtering of four bulls with five men carrying shanks away to the left.
   Literature: Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 4-6, fig. 2, pl. A, I-III.
   
 

Texts:

Mixed   <   Spoken
Translit: imy iwf n HAt cSmty<w>
Translat:  Give the diaphram, O butcher(s).
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks:  Composition: 1) Column; 2-3) Rows.

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: pDt dc
Translat:  Sharpening the knife.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: pDt dc
Translat:  Sha r pening the knife.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: Sd HAti im HAti
Translat:  Remove the heart, give the heart.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: nDr Dw
Translat:  Holding (1) the Dw -vessel.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks:  1) Or: nDr-a (WB II, p. 383,3) 'take someone's hand'.

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: pDt dc
Translat:  Sharpening the knife.
LitRef:  Simpson, Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 6.
Remarks: -

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

Room  I Wall  04 Orientation  W          

Sources Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Sekhem-ankh-ptah, p. 7-8, pl. B, IV-V.
Remarks False door.

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