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,