| LMP no. 070 |
Code No.69 = D15 |
Location Saqqara |
Owner spdHtp |
P&M ref. IIIČ-481-482 |
| Tomb type | Mastaba |
| Gender | Male |
| Most likely date | - |
| Dating P&M | Dynasty 5 or later |
| Dating Harpur | Niuserre, late - Unas, Wenis (taq) | Harpur no. | 494-NSP |
| Dating Cherpion | - |
| Dating Kanawati | - | Kanawati no. | - |
| Other dating | - |
| King | - |
| Literature |
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 54-55, 60-61, 95.
Grdseloff, in: ASAE XXXIX, p. 389-392. Mariette, Mastabas, p. 209-212. Perrot & Chipiez, Histoire de l'art, p. 37. |
| Remarks | See also P&M III²-750, 753, 756 and Addenda 901. Including former block 79b. |
| Summary | 1 rooms (I) 7 walls (01a-c, 01d, 01e, 02, 03, 04, 05) |
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| Plan remarks | Plan: P&M XLIX. |
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Room I
Wall 01a-c
Orientation E
Sources
Farina, Il Regio Museo di antichità di Torino, pl. on p. 39 (1931).
Remarks
In Turin Museum Sup. 1255-1256. Wall has three numbers: 01a (left), 01b (right) and 01c (drum).
Register 01a/1
K from above: ?
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: ?
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Offering bearers facing right.
Literature:
Farina, Il Regio Museo di antichità di Torino, pl. on p. 39 (1931).
Register 01b/1
K from above: ?
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: ?
Wpi: L
Themes:
SL - Slaughtering
?=Unknown
Description:
Men slaughtering an animal.
Literature:
Farina, Il Regio Museo di antichità di Torino, pl. on p. 39 (1931).
Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
Description:
Owner standing with staff and sceptre.
Literature:
-
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
Owner standing with staff and sceptre.
Literature:
-
Room I
Wall 01d
Orientation S
Sources
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 210.
Remarks
Owner (A).
Other categories
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:
-
Room I
Wall 01e
Orientation N
Sources
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 210.
Remarks
Owner (A).
Other categories
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:
-
Room I
Wall 02
Orientation E
Sources
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 10-14.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Remarks
Ägyptisches Museum (East) Berlin no. 14642 (reg. x+5). Glyptothek, Copenhagen, No. AEIN 939 (reg. x+2) and AEIN 940 (reg. x+4). Cairo Museum, CG1546 (reg. x+3; see also LMP no. 79b). Turin Museum Sup. 1257 (reg. x+5).
Register 02/x+1
K from above: x+1
K from below: 5
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
Hg=Grain harvest
Description:
Harvest of corn.
Literature:
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: Azx it bdt n pr-Dt Translat: Harvesting barley and emmer of the funerary estate.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02/x+2
K from above: x+2
K from below: 4
Text: N
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
Ps=Piling sheaves
Tr=Transportation by donkey (to / from threshing)
Description:
Men piling sheaves and donkeys arriving with sheaves.
Literature:
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 13.
J Catalogue Egypt I, p. 62-63, cat. 18.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Mogensen, La collection égyptienne de la Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg, pl. XCII [A663].
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: wbs pHt nt it bdt n pr-Dt Translat: Heaping sheave(s) of barley and emmer of the funerary estate.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02/x+3
K from above: x+3
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
S=Storage of grain and other products
W=Winnowing etc. of grain
Td=Threshing by donkeys
Description:
Threshing donkeys, men piling chaff (?; on both sides of the winnowing) and winnowing.
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, p. 5-6, pl. 55.
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 12.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: iab Translat: Raking.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: Text accompanying the man piling chaff to the left of the winnowing.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: iab Translat: Raking.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: Text accompanying the man piling chaff to the right of the winnowing.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: Axi Translat: Sweeping together.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: mfxt Translat: Sieving.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: qmA Translat: Tossing.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: Axi Translat: Sweeping together.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: mfxt Translat: Sieving.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Spoken
Translit: ir HA.k im.sn Translat: Go back to them.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02/x+4
K from above: x+4
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
S=Storage of grain and other products
Sc=Scribes administrating
Description:
Men filling granaries and scribes rendering accounts in a pillared hall.
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, p. 6, pl. 55 (text).
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 10-11.
J Catalogue Egypt I, p. 62-63, cat. 17.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Mogensen, La collection égyptienne de la Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg, pl. XCII [A662].
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: <...> zS xAt it bdt n pr-Dt <...> m Translat: (...) recording (and) measuring barley and emmer of the funerary estate (...) in (...).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: <...>w m mty (?) <...> pr <...> anx nw <...> n <...>wDA fAt in izt it bdt Translat: (...) prosperous (?) is the carrying by the gang (of) the barley and emmer.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: zS mDAT it (?) Translat: Document scribe of the corn (?)
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: zS <...> Translat: Scribe (...).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02/x+5
K from above: x+5
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
FO - Fowling
Cf=Care / feeding
Description:
Men feeding birds.
Literature:
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 10.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 83c.
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: smn Translat: Nile goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: r<A> Translat: Greylag goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: r<A> Translat: Greylag goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: Trp Translat: White-fronted goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: bDA Translat: Duck.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02/x+5a
K from above: x+5
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prb=Procession of birds
Description:
Procession of birds depicted in two subregisters.
Literature:
Harpur, Decoration, Appendix 1, no. 10 & 14.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 83c.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: pxt Translat: Duck.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: HD Translat: Goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: <...>nw Translat: (Type of bird)
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: Trp Translat: White-fronted goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: r<A> Translat: Greylag goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: mnwt Translat: Pigeon.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: wSAt Translat: (Sand/sea) widgeon.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: smn Translat: Nile goose.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: s Translat: (Common) teal.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: Hp Translat: Shoveler (/pintail duck).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: mAa Translat: - LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: zt Translat: (Female) pintail duck.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: DAt Translat: Grey crane.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: wDa Translat: Demoiselle crane.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: DAt Translat: Grey crane.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: wDa Translat: Demoiselle crane.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
? ? Caption
Translit: gA Translat: Crane.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Room I
Wall 03
Orientation S
Sources
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 54.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 211.
Perrot & Chipiez, Histoire de l'art, fig. 29 [upper].
Remarks
Left part of register 03/2 is in Cairo Museum, no. CG1543.
Register 03/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 4
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: U
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Description:
Men bringing desert cattle.
Literature:
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 211.
? ? Caption
Translit: nwDw Translat: Addax.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 03/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: M
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
Description:
Four men bringing antelopes on block CG1543 (= left part).
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 54.
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 211.
Perrot & Chipiez, Histoire de l'art, fig. 29 [upper].
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: rn gHc Translat: Young gazelle.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: rn ScAw Translat: Young bubalis antelope.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 03/3
K from above: 3
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: M
Themes:
SL - Slaughtering
C=Domestic cattle
Description:
Men overthrowing a bull.
Literature:
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Row(s) < Spoken
Translit: nDr ng<A> iTi r.k Translat: Grasp the bull, pull, you.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 03/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: 4
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Offering bearers.
Literature:
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 212.
Room I
Wall 04
Orientation W
Sources
Mariette, Mastabas, p. 211 [b].
Remarks
False door.
Room I
Wall 05
Orientation N
Sources
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 60, 61, 95.
Perrot & Chipiez, Histoire de l'art, fig. 22-23, 459.
Remarks
In Cairo Museum, nos. CG1555, CG1557, CG1671 and CG1739.
Register 05/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 4
Text: ?
N: 4
Wpi: U
Themes:
FI - Fishing
?=Unknown
Description:
Fishing.
Literature:
-
Register 05/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 3
Text: ?
N: 4
Wpi: M
Themes:
FI - Fishing
Pr=Fish processing
Description:
Seated man processing fish.
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 95 (CG1739).
Register 05/2a
K from above: 2
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: M
Themes:
FO - Fowling
H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
Description:
Men fowling with a hexagonal net.
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 60 (CG1671).
Row(s) > Spoken
Translit: ir Tw wrt wHa pw <...> Translat: Pull (it) you, very, bird catcher.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 05/3
K from above: 3
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: M
Themes:
ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
Ccr=Cattle-crossing (waterways)
Description:
Herdsmen in boats and cattle crossing the water.
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 60, 95 (CG1555 & 1739).
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: <...> wAH s <i>n kA Translat: (...) crossing the lake by bulls.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Spoken
Translit: i mniw pw anx Hr.k r Sy pw <...> Translat: O herdsman, take care against the aquatic (...).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 05/4
K from above: 4
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: 4
Wpi: L
Themes:
ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
Ccr=Cattle-crossing (waterways)
Description:
Cattle crossing with a boat behind them.
Literature:
Borchardt, Denkmäler II, pl. 61 (CG1557).
Perrot & Chipiez, Histoire de l'art, fig. 22-23.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: nat smH Translat: Sailing a (papyrus) boat.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: prt m mHt r Hry-tp mniw pw wDA ib wrt Translat: Proceeding (/coming) out of the Lower Egyptian marsh towards the chief of this herdsman, who is very healthy.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -