MACQUARIE Copyright Statement PUBLISHER PERMISSION This material has been reproduced after obtaining permission from the publisher or rights holder. The electronic form of this material is Copyright Macquarie University, Sydney.THE TOMB OF HEPU (NO. 66) (Plan on Plate XXIV) LTHOUGH Wepu was visier under Tuthmosis IV" his tomb, situated about half-way up the slope of Kueneh hil, ie not one of the largest, nor is it particularly imposing. ‘The seenes on the walls are not well preserved, and contemporary (2) enemies have almost obliterated the figures of Hepa and his wife. In the tranaverse chamber, however, Some interesting scenes of crafts are still preserved, while in the long narrow inner roe which, leads off the transverse chamber are two mutilated status, each of «seated figure. The slimmer of the two is probably Hepu’s wife Renni, who esewhere in the tomb bears the tite ‘songstress of Ani Like many oftheir fellow craftsmen, the decorators of tomb 66 used as models tomb paintings already in existence.* For example, the chariot-makers and metal-workers in this tomb are paralleled in the tombs of Amenhotpe-s-se (No. 75), Meakheperressonb (No, 86), Payemret (No, 39), and others.* DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES PLates VIII AND IX (ats and 2 on plan Plate XXIV) (On the right of the entrance to the frst chamber there are four registers of craftsmen, At the ‘extreme right ofthe first three sub-regstes, the figure of Hepu, nov almost entirely destroyed, ‘te facing let and watches the craftsinen at work under hie supervision. The long text in coloured signs to his left reads Watching all erafts [of the House of Amin by) the hereditary prince, count, ois father, beled of the god, mouth wehich pacifier in the whole country, exes of the Ring in the ‘Southern City, his are inthe nomes of Lower Bgypt, concerning echat he opens his mouth leads tothe trust cho offers the truth tothe lord of the Te Lands, overseer ofthe City, [eiier, Hep, tre of voice with the great god." “The upper two sub-registers (Plate VIII) are devoted 10 leather manufacture: softening leather over wooden tripods, cutting leather in various shapes, fixing leather on the chariot wheels. The man second from the left in the top register has laid his cutting-knife on the bench in front of him while he is occupied with the applied decoration of an arzow-quiver. Finished objects are represented lying about: shields, pouches with overlapping flaps, quivers, sandals, farrow-cases, In the mide sub-register a half-finished chariot, without wheels, mounted on a stand. 1 he ae wou equal adit fan care dat, a ‘opa t acewed eter andr ‘Tubes 1 by oe Hidde Papyot Mas Munich, see Specter Zatch Sprache 08 er pi ee Cainer Meta, Top. Cato ‘Vi ays fr prevow publications we ore Siwy op. i Ga: Be omy cme ‘tote ema on tn 38, above pt Sree in Pore Man, To i Gnd pg ern i ay Sri Gandy, v.76, wie, cia cai ae 0 Bp ang with he eiepsne (No) der Hehe tate ed ent soe af usenet” Fro en of [cured eqn and car a of cmon scree ‘Rongh sony nil same Som son. "Tha theyre oat sew en's it Pars Dry The Fob of ‘Eom a Pte, XIN, OXI tebe em SMG is The He of ett a Str pete matty ata wo1s THE TOMIH OF HEPL (SO. 66) "The bottom sub-repister shows the activities of the metal-workers. The man on the extreme right works a pai of bellows with his fect, while three others blow through reeds st charcoal fires, ready to extract softened metal with tongs. Mec ingots can be seen stacked above them, ‘Metal vases appear to the left of the frst wo sub-tegsters on Plate IX: on the extreme right a ‘man sits finishing ald for one of them. His neighbour completes the chiselling ofa complicated vase in the form of the symbols of stability (1) ard life (2) beld by a kneeling king. Next to the king is a T-shaped pond or basin ona stand. It may have served asa receptacle for water.* Two vases similar to the one with the king's figureare tothe left of the pond, while above them is a bull's ead finial(?).° At leftcentee, avery lage vase i being polished by two metal-workers, and tothe left ofthese, wo other men are at work ona shrine. Inthe lower sub-register, othe right, to metal-workers are chiselling a vulture. Above this appears the representation ofa shallow dish with an ibexchead spout. Ar the left ofthe gap in this sub-regster remain the tops of three vases and a brazier. ‘At the extreme left of this sub-repister are the remains of two female figures facing right. Possibly a figure of the tomb owner occupied the gap between the female figures and the sub- registers of craftsmen to thee right, The text above the women is much damaged and therefore rather obscure, but the central pat of it possibly reads... he has fved for thee... existing for «millon (of years) while its placed at thy nose (Ama, (ord) ofthe Thranes of the Tico Lands has praised the ‘The bottom register also as large gap, in which may have been a figure of Hepu facing left and supervising more craftsmen. On the upper sub-register a scribe instructs those working on vases of alabaster and breccia, On the lower sub-regster a prostrate workman presents to his master a table with necklaces, bowls, and gold rings. Above this table ate five vertical lines of text, considerably damaged, which ead: "Prince and count, frend, great of lave, ho opens his life to ‘pacify the multitude, scetive of heart [towards] mankind zcho acts justly... Pate X (at 6on plan) Very fragmentary text of the installation of the vizier in painted hieroglyphs. For an earlier copy by Norman de Garis Davies, see Sethe, ‘Die Einseteung des Veziers unter der 18 Dynastic’, pp. 62-63, in Untersuchungen sur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Aegyplens, 5 (2), and for the text with al parallels Davies, The Tomb of Rethomi-ré-at Thebes, i pls. CNVI-CXVIIL.A teansla- tion and commentary can be found ibid. i. 84-85, where eater works have been utilized, Pate Xi (at 7 0n plan) ‘This register is one of four not otherwise reproduced in thie volume. A long text in coloured hieroghsphs runs above what must, before destruction, have been a scene of Hepu and his wife with 3 pile of offerings. Over the coupe the text reads: Tlreitry prince, [cot moat thick pcifs [nthe hol cowry, ho docs [beneficent tings Jor) cho place. fr the Lard {af the too lands, overice of tect, vier] Hepulirue of ete). His Beloved sister. Renna’) trae of vee? Over the offerings: [4 boon] ohich the Ring and... gee, a boon which the king and Tus Opa of Tata he Berth pe Wi 2d 2 Don a i ape wee Tod by Minh te Spt rrrenpem Wk, Pro Bar oe ae Vereuter, gy ole Mone Baton pr Aare phy 3, or mre compe pe of Toe et a SA Menlopoma dre, an ter. XU ad The Tamir Teo Ocal Tein he oor V1 * Cometints 300 Pate 1 * Cone nt iB, 9, om Pte I,THE TOMD OF HEPU (NO. 66) " ho enters into the shrine of South and the shrine of North, ge. May they give an incocation offering of bread and ber, oxen flesh and fol, loth and alabaster and thousands ofall good and pure, ‘pleasant and sceet things, purifying... acording to this writing which isin the House ofthe dine book. "This text extends tothe left s far aso, where it joins onto the extreme right of thetext shown beneath it in Plate XI ‘The hieroglyphs of this text are painted blue. Scunty remains of three scenes have survived; the second priest from the right in the centre group (partially destroyed) pours water from [shaped vase into a o-bosel held by a knecling ministrant, while behind them a lecr-priest recites the ritual from a papyrus roll. The scene tothe right of this i completely lost but the text is preserved and runs probably: [4 boon which the king gies. Offering’ all cerypere things ‘and walking round the pedjuloaves' before... .. governor (of the City, vizier Hepa, true of worce . ‘hich His Majesty brought? to him, they being very pure. The legend over the libation ‘Scene is simple: ‘Offering which Geb gives tothe governor of the City, vizier (Hepu}. ‘At the extreme left of the lower fragment shown on Plate XI (bottom left) a man is depicted walking womatds Ue left but facing in te opponite divevtvn, ls i cera part of the site called} == intr 'ffacing the footstep’ performed when the priest was av place. Of te inscription only few words remain: [A oon thc the hing (gee) ». ‘upon any offering-table which you desire it being goodly to you." ‘The inset fragment on Plate XI comes from the inner chamber, at 9 on plan. It represents a scribe listing goete or ducks which are destined to be packed in the wicker erates beneth ther. Other wicker baskets stand behind the crates. The sacks and dishes in the register below were perhaps being listed by the scribe whose head alone is till partly preserved. The scene belongs to the remains ofthe ehing and fowling described below, p. 12. The vertieal inscription behind the two scribes reads: "Receiving taxes of the vineyards and must refer toa scene tothe let of the text but now lost Pate XI (at 3 on plan) On the left-hand end-wall of the transverse room are four registers concemed with funeral offerings tothe deceased and his wife. All is much damaged, and Plate XIT ilstrates only the best extant portion of the wall The upper partis mostly destroyed except fora few seraps of ‘Hepa and his wife (on right, not shown on plate); there is also a text above them (not shown here). ‘The man to be seen on the extreme right of the plate carrying a tall papyrus stem is probably a son, He is presenting 2 conventional pile of food to the couple (not shown). Another son (not shown) offers the couple a bouguet; allthis is much damaged. On the extreme left are three standing men who extend their hands inthe diretion ofthe deceased atthe opposite end of the ‘yall, Below a large break are the remains of an offering lst divided into compartments (shown on plate). Only the determinatives of the bottom row (red pots with their contents) and the numbers Feferring to each item are tll extant. Five kneeling men present on mats a selection of offerings. Not shown on the plate is the sub-scene below the kneeling men; too damaged for tcing, it depicts two butchers, with two attendants, slaughtering a sacrificial ox At gon plan Along the top of the wall there appears a procession of men walking towards the eft and holding "ed oe inci Hospi, 1 rnp Se” eMart seried in WBS 3783 eo ete, Nae The Temple Bihari, 1 Selorerimpe, Nile, The Tmplef Darl Haka Se pec8 THE TOMB OF HEPU (NO. 66) ‘branches in their right hands. This may have belonged to an unfinished scene, now lost, on the lower part ofthe wal, o to the procession of the statue of the deceased, when the branches would ‘bea sign of jubilation. [At s on pla, Destroyed but for afew fragments. Remains of a banqueting seene and a harpist are noted in the Topographical Bibliography, i part 1, p. 1323). Norman de Garis Davies suggests in his notes that there also might have been here a royal barge witha nao with a sphinx (2) atthe prow, ‘but that this is plastered over, Pictured isa table with thee jars and an ankh-shaped object. Pate XIII (at7 on plan) ‘On the left-hand wal of the inner chamber pu and his wife Renn sit facing mats laden with food, hand-altars with lotus flowers bent over them, and a table with vessels probably containing drink. All is very fragmentary. Overhead is placed the following text: ‘Count [and prince, the ‘mouth which satisfies [in the whole lan, eyes of the King of Upper Eeypt) eho doce beneficent ‘things forthe lord ofthe Teo Lands, verser [ofthe city, eizier] Hepu; his beloved sister, songstress, of [Aman] Reni, tru of eoice® A son who stood infront of them is erased. His text is as follows: [A boon) schich the king gives (to) [Osirie-Sohar(?), lord of Roleetau ...° and over him His son, see eb of Aman, Neforbobef"* “The plate illustrates the funerary rites performed before the deceased couple, There are three sub-registers, In the bottom onea man and a woman offer various vessels and performceremonies before shrines, These ceremonies have to he completed by and studied in eonnexion with repre sentations of funerary rites in other tombs.* A tehonu crouches on a bie, facing inward (quite ‘usual in representations where the fekenu is not being dragged on a sled) The only rem traces are of the back of the white robe in which it is wrapped and, on the righ, «spot of ‘which may be of the back of the head above the destroyed red face: Pave XIV (at 8 on plan) ‘The right-hand wall ofthe inner oom showing thece registers has not been traced; the second and third registers are here reproduced from Wreszinski, Atlas, i pl. 230. The top register shows Ente, the presiding goddess of the vintage, seated on a nbi-ke device under a booth of papyrus. She is offered wine, grapes, flowers, and 2 bouquet; behind her, on a mat, are six stands of jars. Over allthis sa vinespray, In the second register (Plate XIV, top) three men, two standing and lone kneeling, pick geapes om a vine trellis and place them ina large basket. ‘The man standing ‘with his back to che trelis is probably part of a group now destroyed. ‘The tees onthe right are part ofa garden behind the vin. Inthe bottom register birds are being trapped: four men pull on {the rope which closes the clap-net spread over the pond full of birds. ‘The man emerging from the papyrus clump gives a signal. One bird escapes capture. Described by Norman de Garis Davies, his notebooks a8 being to the left of Emit in the top register, i a wine-press supported by pepyrus columns, and with hanging grapes; he further includes notes of baskets of grapes and. ‘ovo great pink jar, fruit, flowers, grapes, and geese with a spray of vine extending over them. + Su for empl, Dv, The Fob of Kevamin at _ + Comput for mle, Davie Garter, Th Toh of sig Se Doe ee sel eed att TET a f2n... Cet... fell mee ae Re oF end HIE Em Ech noun) On ie OF Md abl sat of etm ne Bru, Te oa ‘eNLisice: roseTHE TOMB OF HEPU (NO. 66) 5 Daves gives the following account ofthe wall marked 9 on the pln: ‘in the centre a clump of papyrus with birds ying over i Birds and rats are in the stems and two fis are beng peared). Figure throwing boomerang on sight entirely cutout and the fragmentary text overhead reads: CORSE IES (2) 5-0 G) E.G) WS. B (5) YE... 0 (8A. ‘Recetio(?)... $field” by. [oerero the ton, vier Hep» ep stands ina great green boat on a nazow Strip of biue water; infront of him sands a manor boy atthe prow.’ The sub-scene is said by Davies to include ‘men pulling in a seine net of fish” while to the right ‘men put fowls in jars! ‘The lft half ofthis wall almost entirely destroyed except fora srapof text over Hepa erase) ()E-T) Tal GaN) 20-8) Sl Geel lines completely lox) text ERTL tent Fro ‘The ceiling ofthe inner room has yellow side and eeatral bands (plain). The two panels be- tsrcen are shown in Fig. 2, The soft of the entrance to the inner room, and the thicknesses, are blank. On the lintel ofthe door fom the hal isa painted sky with a redline under it which may possibly be the top of a cartouche (see Fig. 2). The three lines of text on the left—>begin: (1) SE-B @)U--- G) 228-.- Gy the thee lines on the right-—: () $..-8 (2) $20 -.-8 QoS8.n ‘The ceiling ofthe outer room (ball) has two panels in the axis, asin the passage. "The side and central beams are blanks, The panes of the bay are illustrated in Fig. 3, while on the midib of the south aise isthe following text: TMS epoch ST 260i JTRS Be “Words spoken by Nut: I stretched myself upon the, I protect thy limbs, I turn axcay evil, 0 that it ‘must not come up to you. I grant my protection and guard thee as Ihave done for Wennofre. * trasion by J.€.