The Sarcophagus of Hunefer and other New Kingdom Private Sarcophagi by Wolfram Grajetzki Christiane Müller-Hazenbos

Author:Wolfram Grajetzki, Christiane Müller-Hazenbos [Wolfram Grajetzki, Christiane Müller-Hazenbos]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Archaeology, History, Ancient, Egypt
ISBN: 9781838118051
Google: dfNNEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Nicanor Books
Published: 2021-11-30T05:29:02+00:00

Fig. 51: The inner sarcophagus of Merymes (IV.4), (Wikimedia, photo: Captmondo)

Fig. 52-55: Inner sarcophagus of Merymes (IV.4), details: head, Nephthys on back of head, foot on the left side (photos: author)

Decoration: The box is preserved in fragments only. Remains of the standard text programme have survived. Qebehsenuef is shown human-headed.

Literature: HTBM VIII, 19-21, pl. XVIII-XIX

IV.4 Inner sarcophagus (London British Museum EA1001; fragment of the right side: Národní muzeum Prague P 1658)

Material: granodiorite

Measurements: 197 cm x 60 cm (width)

Hands: no hands shown

Decoration: The box is preserved in fragments only. Remains of the standard text programme have survived. Qebehsenuef and Hapy are shown human-headed. Anubis is also preserved.

Literature: HTBM 8, 15-19, pl. XVI-XVII; IKRAM, DODSON, The Mummy in Ancient Egypt, 213, fig. 277; KOZLOFF. P. ARIELLE, BRIAN, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun, 319-320; PAVLASOVA, The Land of Pyramids and Pharaohs, 73, no. 95; ONDERKA, PES XVIII (2017), 33-34, fig. 1

IV.5 bṯrf (Betjaref), Prague, Národní muzeum P 3222a 15 fragments of box and lid

Provenance: Lower Nubia

Material: ‘grey hard sandstone’

Date: 19th Dynasty (style)

Decoration: There are remains of the standard text programme. Anubis and the Sons of Horus are depicted on the box. The figures are painted yellow, the surface of the sarcophagus is dark blue.

Literature: VACHALA, ZÄS 114 (1987), 166-174

IV.6 p-ḥm-nṯr (Pahemnetjer), London British Museum EA18

Provenance: Saqqara? (bought in 1839 from the Anastasi collection)131

Titles: wr-ḫrp-ḥmwt (great one of leader of craftsmen), stm (sem priest)

Material: red granite

Measurements: 240 cm x 87 cm

Date: 19th Dynasty. There are two high priests of Ptah with the name p-ḥm-nṯr. One is dating to the reign of Sety I, the other to the end of the reign of Ramses II.132

Decoration: The sarcophagus shows a reduced text programme: it is inscribed with a simple imakhu-formulae. Only the sides of the lid bear longer texts. From the sizeable dimensions it is possible that it functioned as the outer box for an inner sarcophagus (compare: VIII.2).

Literature: SCHMIDT, Sarkofager, fig. 643; HTBM 9, 21-22, pl. XVII

IV.7 rá¼°133 (Raia)

Provenance: Saqqara

Titles: ἰmy-r ἰpt-nἰswt m (n) mn-nfr (overseer of the king’s harem in Memphis), ἰmy-r ἰpt-nἰswt n ḥwt-k-ptḥ (overseer of the king’s harem in Memphis), ἰmy-r ssmt (overseer of horses), ἰry-pḏt (general), sš nἰswt (king’s scribe), ṯw ḫwἰ ḥr wnmἰ nἰswt (fan beared to the right of the king)

Measurements: 269 cm x 106 cm x 126 m (height)

Hands: destroyed (empty?)

Date: 19th Dynasty

Decoration: Standard text programme; Hapy: human-headed, Duamutef: baboon-headed and human-headed, Amset: human-headed. Duamutef appears twice, Qebehsenuef is not depicted.134 Thoth appears twice and only at the foot end of the long sides.

Literature: RAVEN et al. OMRO 79 (1999), pls 2-5; RAVEN, The Tomb of Pay and Raia at Saqqara, 57-66, pl. 83-91

IV.8 ḥt135 (Hat), Cairo, Egyptian Museum TE 14/11/24/3

Titles: sš (scribe), sš nṯr (god’s scribe), sš prwy ḥḏ (scribe of the double treasury), sš ḥtpt nṯr n nb bḏw (scribe of the god’s offerings for the lord of Abydos), sš ḥtpt nṯr n nb t wr (scribe of the god’s offerings for the lord of the holy land), sš nṯr n nṯrw nbw n t-ḏsr (scribe of the

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