| LMP no. 070a |
Code S915 |
Location Saqqara |
Owner nkAwHr |
P&M ref. IIIČ-498 |
| Tomb type | Mastaba |
| Gender | Male |
| Most likely date | Dynasty 5, first half |
| Dating P&M | Dynasty 5, late? |
| Dating Harpur | Neferirkare-Kakai - Niuserre (taq) | Harpur no. | 435-NSP |
| Dating Cherpion | Userkaf |
| Dating Kanawati | - | Kanawati no. | - |
| Other dating | - |
| King | Userkaf |
| Literature |
BMMA NS 4, 1946, p. 174-175.
Hayes, Scepter I, p. 102-103. Hickmann, Ägypten, fig. 55. Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 25-26, pl. LXII t/m LXVI. |
| Remarks | - |
| Summary | 1 rooms (I) 6 walls (01a, 01b, 02, 03, 04, 05) |
|
| Plan remarks | No plan found. |
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Room I
Wall 01a
Orientation N
Sources
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Remarks
-
Register 01a/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 2
Text: ?
N: 2
Wpi: U
Themes:
FU - Funeral
Ds=Dragging statues
Description:
Men dragging a statue.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Register 01a/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 1
Text: ?
N: 2
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
O=Offerings on display
Description:
Vases, tables and offerings.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Room I
Wall 01b
Orientation S
Sources
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Remarks
-
Register 01b/1
K from above: 1
K from below: 2
Text: ?
N: 2
Wpi: U
Themes:
FU - Funeral
Ds=Dragging statues
Description:
Two bulls and six men dragging a statue with a man pouring water.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Register 01b/2
K from above: 2
K from below: 1
Text: ?
N: 2
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Pi=Presentation of incense
Description:
Statue in a shrine with a figure presenting incense.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Room I
Wall 02
Orientation E
Sources
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII.
Remarks
Wall has two numbers: 02a (left) and 02b (right).
Painted.
Register 02a/x+1
K from above: x+1
K from below: 3
Text: ?
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
MA - Marsh scenes
O?=Owner in Marshes
Description:
Large figure standing in a papyrus boat facing south (= right) and one near the door facing north (= left). Between them water and fishes. Possibly owner fishing with a harpoon and fowling with a throwstick.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 25.
Register 02a/x+2
K from above: x+2
K from below: 2
Text: ?
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
FO - Fowling
H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
Description:
Remains of what seems to be fowling with a hexagonal net.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII,1.
Register 02a/x+2-3
K from above: x+2-3
K from below: 1-2
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
FI - Fishing
D=Fishing with dragnet (/seine)
Description:
Men fishing with a dragnet.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII,1.
Column(s) > Unknown
Translit: Arp Translat: (Unknown).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02a/x+3
K from above: x+3
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
FI - Fishing
Pr=Fish processing
Description:
Men cutting out roes.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII,1.
Register 02b/x+1
K from above: x+1
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
Td=Threshing by donkeys
Description:
From left to right: men with sticks, threshing donkeys and a man with a dog facing left with two man and a dwarf (carrying sandals) behind him.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII,2.
Column(s) < Spoken
Translit: my sTA Translat: Come, pull.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: sH<At> Translat: Donkey herd.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Unknown
Translit: mAHt (?) Translat: (Unknown).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: Or possibly mAA AHt, 'Inspecting the field' (with haplography of the A).
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Smsw Translat: Retainer.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02b/x+2
K from above: x+2
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
Tr=Transportation by donkey (to / from threshing)
Ps=Piling sheaves
Description:
Donkeys carrying grain (left) and a man piling sheaves (right).
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII,2.
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: wbs zp Translat: Heaping (on) a threshing-floor.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 02b/x+3
K from above: x+3
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
AG - Agriculture; grain and flax
Sc=Scribes administrating
M=Measuring of grain etc.
S=Storage of grain and other products
Description:
Scribes (left) and a man measuring grain (middle) and three men with bags on their shoulders walking to a man to the right (possibly storage of grain).
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXII,2.
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r pr Translat: Overseer of the house.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: iry xt Translat: Custodian of property.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: ir <..?..? 30 Translat: Making (..?..) 30.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: - Other categories
Register -
K from above: -
K from below: -
Text: N
N: -
Wpi: -
Themes:
Description:
Feet of a large figure (probably the owner) with a dog behind him.
Literature:
-
Room I
Wall 03
Orientation S
Sources
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,1.
Remarks
Painted.
Register 03/x+1
K from above: x+1
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
GA - Games / Music
D=Dancing
Description:
Five female dancers and two female clappers. Guide lines.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,1.
Column(s) > Caption
Translit: Hc<t> Translat: Singing.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 03/x+2
K from above: x+2
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
GA - Games / Music
M=Musical group / orchestra, incl. singing
Description:
Only text remains of a musical band.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,1.
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: zbA m<A.t> Translat: Playing (the flute).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: Hcit Translat: Singing.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: zbA mA<.t> Translat: Playing the flute.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: Hcit Translat: Singing.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: sqr <...> Translat: Playing (the harp).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: Hcit Translat: Singing.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 03/x+3
K from above: x+3
K from below: 1
Text: ?
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
According to Quibell two offering bearers with fruit and the feet of a third figure are depicted here.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 26.
Room I
Wall 04
Orientation W
Sources
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXIV-LXV, LXVI,3-4.
Remarks
In New York, MMA 08.201.2.
Register 04/x+1b
K from above: x+1
K from below: 4
Text: ?
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Only a leg remains visible. Probably of an offering bearer facing left.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,4.
Register 04/x+2
K from above: x+2
K from below: 3
Text: ?
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Only a pair of feet remain visible. Probably of an offering bearer facing right.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,3.
Register 04/x+2a
K from above: x+2
K from below: 3
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
GA - Games / Music
B=Board games
M=Musical group / orchestra, incl. singing
Description:
From left to right: two men playing the snt - game, a singer, a harpist, a singer, a flutist, a singer and another flutist.
Literature:
Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 644-645, pl. CCCLXI [Q3.7].
Hayes, Scepter I, p. 102-103.
Hickmann, Ägypten, fig. 55.
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXIV.
Column(s) < Spoken
Translit: snwy ir x<m>t Translat: Die 2 (1) auf die 3 (1).
LitRef: Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 644.
Remarks: 1) i.e. the number.
Row(s) > Spoken
Translit: iTi m znt Translat: Das Packen (der Speilsteine) zum 'Passieren' (auf das znt -Brettspiel).
LitRef: Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 644.
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Spoken
Translit: mk x<m>t snwy Translat: Sieh doch die 3 (1), mein Freund! (2)
LitRef: Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 644.
Remarks: 1) i.e. the number 3.
2) or: 'Sieh doch die 3! Und dann die 2!'
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: Hcit n bnt Translat: Singing to the harp.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: sqr m bnt Translat: Playing the harp.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) < Caption
Translit: Hsit n mA.t Translat: Singing to the flute.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: zbA mA.t Translat: Playing the flute.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) < Caption
Translit: Hcit snwy-ntrwy Translat: Singing (the song of) the 'two divine brethren'.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: zbA m mmt Translat: Playing the (double) clarinet.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 04/x+2b
K from above: x+2
K from below: 3
Text: N
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Three offering bearers facing left.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,4.
Register 04/x+3
K from above: x+3
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Two offering bearers facing right.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,3.
Column(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) < Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 04/x+3a
K from above: x+3
K from below: 2
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Eight offering bearer facing left.
Literature:
Hickmann, Ägypten, fig. 55.
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXIV.
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: cHD Hmw-kA N Translat: Inspector of the funerary priests N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm-kA N Translat: Funerary-priest N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm-kA N Translat: Funerary-priest N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm-kA <N> Translat: Funerary-priest (N).
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: wdpw N Translat: Butler, N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: N Translat: N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: xAw (/ afti?) N Translat: (Grain)measurer (/brewer?) N.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 04/x+3b
K from above: x+3
K from below: 2
Text: N
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Three offering bearers facing left.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,4.
Register 04/x+4
K from above: x+4
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Two offering bearers facing right.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,3.
Register 04/x+4a
K from above: x+4
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
SL - Slaughtering
C=Domestic cattle
Description:
Men slaughtering two bulls with two offering bearers to the right.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXIV.
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: pD<t> dc Translat: Sharpening the knife.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Column(s) > Spoken
Translit: iTi r.k Translat: Pull towards you, then.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: cxpt ctpt Translat: Bringing choice-cuts.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Register 04/x+4b
K from above: x+4
K from below: 1
Text: N
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
OF - Offerings
Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
Description:
Three offering bearers facing left.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,4.
Room I
Wall 05
Orientation N
Sources
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,2.
Remarks
Painted.
Register 05/x+1
K from above: x+1
K from below: 2
Text: ?
N: x
Wpi: ?
Themes:
EX - Extra categorical
?=Unknown
Description:
Remains of men with bulls.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), p. 25.
Register 05/x+2
K from above: x+2
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
MA - Marsh scenes
Fp=Fabrication of objects out of papyrus
Description:
Men manufacturing mats.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,2.
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: wxA qn Translat: Brushing the fibres.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: sSn Dt (1) Translat: Plaiting papyrus.
LitRef: LMS
Remarks: 1) The spelling Dwit is probably a garbled spelling of Dt (see also Montet, Scènes, p. 77).
Register 05/x+2a
K from above: x+2
K from below: 1
Text: Y
N: x
Wpi: L
Themes:
ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
S=Shepherds meal
Description:
Baking cakes for a shepherds meal.
Literature:
Quibell, Saqqara (1907-1908), pl. LXVI,2.
Row(s) > Caption
Translit: sqr Translat: (Fladen) formen.
LitRef: Faltings, Die Keramik der Lebensmittelproduktion im Alten Reich, p. 237.
Remarks: -
Row(s) > Spoken
Translit: ir wn Translat: Mach! Beeil dich!
LitRef: Faltings, Die Keramik der Lebensmittelproduktion im Alten Reich, p. 237.
Remarks: -