LMP no.
182B
Code
T57B
Location
Saqqara
Owner
wattXtHr
P&M ref.
IIIČ-534-535
Tomb type Mastaba
Gender Female
Most likely date Teti
Dating P&M Teti
Dating Harpur Teti Harpur no. 377-TP
Dating Cherpion Teti
Dating Kanawati - Kanawati no. -
Other dating Teti (Baud, no. 44, p. 434-435)
King Teti
Literature Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera in: Mém. présentés à l'Inst. Ég. III.
Decker & Herb,
Sport, p. 396, K2.41, pl. CCXX.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11, 29, 93 [A] and 95.
Remarks Wife of mrrwkA (LMP no. 182A).
All texts entered are provisionally in anticipation of the complete publication of this part of the complex by Kanawati. The current publications often proved to be insufficient.
Summary3 rooms (I, III, V)
18 walls (092, 093-094, 095, 096a, 096b, 097, 098-099, 100, 101-102, 103a, 103b, 104, 105+107, 106a, 106b, 106c, 108, 109)

Plan remarks Plan: P&M LVI.

 

Room  I Wall  092 Orientation  S          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 555-556.
Remarks Wall scheme is based on the descriptions given by Daressy and Porter & Moss.

Register  092/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  3 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Seven offering bearers facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 555-556.

Register  092/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  3 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Seven offering bearers facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 555-556.

Register  092/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  3 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Seven offering bearers facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 555-556.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner standing with her son. Her son is holding a hoopoe and a lotusflower.
   Literature: -

Room  I Wall  093-094 Orientation  W          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 556.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11 [A], 95.
Remarks Wall has two numbers: 093 (left) and 094 (right).

Register  093/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Men overthrowing bulls.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 556.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 95.

Register  093/x+1a K from above:  x+1 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: ST - Stock / cattle-breeding
     M=Milking
C=Copulating
Bc=Birth of domestic cattle
   Description: From left to right: birth of a calf, copulating scene and a milking scene.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 556.
Erman,
Reden, Rufe und Lieder, p.31 [4].
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 95.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: cSr irTt
Translat:  Milking.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: sfx wrt mniw pw iw qsn r.s
Translat:  Deliver the big (cow), oh herdsman, (because) it is painful (1) for her.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) Litt. 'difficult'.

Register  093/x+2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Obb=Offering bearers on boats
   Description: Offering bearers in boats with fish etc.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 556.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 95.

Register  093/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: FI - Fishing
     D=Fishing with dragnet (/seine)
   Description: Men fishing with a dragnet.
Daressy does not mention any text. On the plate published by Wreszinsky at least two titles are visible.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 556.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl., 95.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm-kA N
Translat:  The funerary priest N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm-kA N.
Translat:  The funerary priest N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Room  I Wall  095 Orientation  N          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Remarks

Register  095/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Three offering bearers facing left.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  095/x+2 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: Seven offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  095/x+3 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: Seven offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  095/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: Seven offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: The owner standing with son.
   Literature: -

Room  III Wall  096a Orientation  S          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Remarks Daressy is not clear on whether or not the texts appear on both entrance thicknesses. Consequently they have not been entered.

Register  096a/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  3 Text: ?  
   N:  3 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: A man bringing a bull.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  096a/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  1 Text: ?  
   N:  3 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Three offering bearers facing right with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  096b/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  2 Text: ?  
   N:  3 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Three offering bearers facing right with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Room  III Wall  096b Orientation  N          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Remarks Daressy is not clear on whether or not the texts appear on both entrance thicknesses. Consequently they have not been entered.

Register  096b/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  3 Text: ?  
   N:  3 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: A man bringing a bull.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  096b/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  2 Text: ?  
   N:  3 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Three offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  096b/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  1 Text: ?  
   N:  3 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Three offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Room  III Wall  097 Orientation  S          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Remarks

Register  097/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: At least three, possibly six offering bearers facing right with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  097/x+2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Six offering bearers facing right with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  097/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Pm=Presentation of pieces of meat
   Description: Five offering bearers facing right with shanks.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  097/x+4 K from above:  x+4 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Slaughtering scene depicting four men slaughtering an ox (right) and a slaughtered ox (left).
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Register  097/x+5 K from above:  x+5 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Slaughtering scene depicting four men slaughtering an ox (right) and a slaughtered ox (left).
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: The owner standing with her son.
   Literature: -

Room  III Wall  098-099 Orientation  W          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Jacquet-Gordon,
Domaines, p. 414-415 [36S6].
Remarks Wall has two numbers: 098 (left) and 099 (right).
Texts are based on Daressy's publication, which was insufficient for our purpose.

Register  098/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  5 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prd=Procession of desert cattle
   Description: Three men bringing three oryxes.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn mA-HD
Translat:  Young oryx.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn mA-HD
Translat:  Young oryx.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn mA-HD
Translat:  Young oryx.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  098/x+2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: Three men bringing three oxen.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  098/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: Three men bringing three oxen.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  098/x+4 K from above:  x+4 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: Three men bringing three oxen.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  098/x+5 K from above:  x+5 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: Three men bringing three oxen.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  099/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     E=Estates
   Description: Five female estates facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Jacquet-Gordon,
Domaines, p. 414-415 [36S6].
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 415.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 415.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 415.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 415.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 415.
Remarks: -

Register  099/x+2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     E=Estates
   Description: Five female estates facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Jacquet-Gordon,
Domaines, p. 414-415 [36S6].
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   <   Estate
Translit: E
Translat:  E.
LitRef:  Jacquet-Gordon, Domaines, p. 415.
Remarks: -

Register  099/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     E=Estates
   Description: Five female estates facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Jacquet-Gordon,
Domaines, p. 414-415 [36S6].

Register  099/x+4 K from above:  x+4 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     E=Estates
   Description: Five female estates facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 557.
Jacquet-Gordon,
Domaines, p. 414-415 [36S6].

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: The owner standing with her son.
   Literature: -
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Observation
Translit: <...> awt nb<t> wabt nt xAst innt n.s r pr-xrw n.s im
Translat:  (...) all pure desert animals, which are brought to her that an invocation offering may go out to her there.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: The owner standing with her son.
   Literature: -

Room  III Wall  100 Orientation  N          

Sources Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 742-744 (S 2.7), pl. CDX, Falttafel I.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 29.
Remarks The published plates are too unclear to render the texts here. See for several texts Brunner-Traut, Tanz, on p. 85-86 and Erman, Reden, Rufe und Lieder, on p. 60.

Register  100/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  5 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
     D=Dancing
   Description: Female dancers.
   Literature: Brunner-Traut, Tanz, p. 85-86.
Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 742-744 [ S 2.7 ], pl. CDX, Falttafel I.
Erman, Reden, Rufe und Lieder, p. 60.
Hickmann, in: Bull. Inst. Ég. XXXVII, p. 1 5 1 -190, fig. 7, 21, 23.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 29.

Register  100/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
     D=Dancing
   Description: Female dancers.
   Literature: Brunner-Traut, Tanz, p. 85-86.
Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 742-744 (S 2.7), pl. CDX, Falttafel I.
Erman, Reden, Rufe und Lieder, p. 60.
Hickmann, in: Bull. Inst. Ég. XXXVII, p. 1 5 1 -190, fig. 7, 21, 23.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 29.

Register  100/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
     D=Dancing
   Description: Female dancers.
   Literature: Brunner-Traut, Tanz, p. 85-86.
Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 742-744 (S 2.7), pl. CDX, Falttafel I.
Erman, Reden, Rufe und Lieder, p. 60.
Hickmann, in: Bull. Inst. Ég. XXXVII, p. 1 5 1 -190, fig. 7, 21, 23.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 29.

Register  100/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
     D=Dancing
   Description: Female dancers.
   Literature: Brunner-Traut, Tanz, p. 85-86.
Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 742-744 (S 2.7), pl. CDX, Falttafel I.
Erman, Reden, Rufe und Lieder, p. 60.
Hickmann, in: Bull. Inst. Ég. XXXVII, p. 1 5 1 -190, fig. 7, 21, 23.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 29.

Register  100/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: GA - Games / Music
     D=Dancing
   Description: Female dancers.
   Literature: Brunner-Traut, Tanz, p. 85-86.
Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 742-744 (S 2.7), pl. CDX, Falttafel I.
Erman, Reden, Rufe und Lieder, p. 60.
Hickmann, in: Bull. Inst. Ég. XXXVII, p. 1 5 1 -190, fig. 7, 21, 23.
Wreszinski, Atlas III, pl. 29.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: -
   Literature: -

Room  III Wall  101-102 Orientation  E          

Sources -
Remarks Wall has two numbers: 101 (right) and 102 (left).
Register 101/x+1 has "U" as Wpi since the register is situated above the door.

Register  101/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Four offering bearers facing left.
   Literature: -

Register  102/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  6 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Eight offering bearers ( facing left) of which only the feet remain.
   Literature: -

Register  102/x+2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Pb=Presentation of birds
   Description: Eight offering bearers ( facing left) carrying fowl.
   Literature: -

Register  102/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Eight offering bearers ( facing left) with various offerings.
   Literature: -

Register  102/x+4 K from above:  x+4 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Nine offering bearers ( facing left) with various offerings, including a calf.
   Literature: -

Register  102/x+5 K from above:  x+5 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Nine offering bearers ( facing left) with various offerings, including a calf.
   Literature: -

Register  102/x+6 K from above:  x+6 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Eight offering bearers ( facing left) with various offerings.
   Literature: -

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: The owner standing with her son.
   Literature: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: The owner standing with her son.
   Literature: -

Room  V Wall  103a Orientation  W          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.
Remarks

Register  103a/01 K from above:  1 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  3 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Six offering bearers facing right with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Register  103a/02 K from above:  2 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  3 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Six offering bearers facing right with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Register  103a/03 K from above:  3 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  3 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
   Description: Two men leading a bull and an ibex.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: rn niA
Translat:  Young ibex.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r mD<t>
Translat:  Overseer of the stalls.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Room  V Wall  103b Orientation  E          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.
Remarks It is unclear whether or not the same texts as on the western thickness should be rendered here.

Register  103b/01 K from above:  1 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  3 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Six offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Register  103b/02 K from above:  2 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  3 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Six offering bearers facing left with various offerings.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Register  103b/03 K from above:  3 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  3 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
Prd=Procession of desert cattle
   Description: Two men leading a bull and an gazelle.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Room  V Wall  104 Orientation  S          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.
Remarks

Register  104/x+1 K from above:  x+1 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: An offering bearer facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Register  104/x+2 K from above:  x+2 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  ?  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: An offering bearer facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Register  104/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: An offering bearer facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: The owner standing with her son.
   Literature: -

Room  V Wall  105+107 Orientation  W          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.
Remarks Wall has two numbers: 105 (left) and 107 (right).
Wall scheme is based on the descriptions given by Daressy and Porter & Moss.
Texts are entered based on the publication of Daressy, without knowing in which order they appear on the wall and whether or not the same texts appear on both sides of the doorway.

Register  105/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  4 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Sr=Sacrificial ritual
   Description: Priests.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: dit qbHw swabt xt
Translat:  Presenting a libation, purifying offerings.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: cnTr cwabt xt
Translat:  Censing and purifying offerings.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: Htp di nzw m xt bnr<t> (?)
Translat:  A boon which the king gives of sweet things (?).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xry-Hbt
Translat:  The lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xry-Hbt
Translat:  The lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: sAxt
Translat:  Glorifying.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: sAx aSA in Xry-Hb
Translat:  Many glorifications by the lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  Note that Daressy gives a different order of signs.

?   ?   Caption
Translit: sDfA (1) wnmt (?) xt wnmt xt bnrt xt <..?..> kAw (?) Adpw (?) rnpwt (?) Hnqt (?) t (?)
Translat:  Providing (?) food, food things (/ offerings) (?), sweet things (/ offerings), (..?..), cattle, fowl, vegetables, beer, bread.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) sDk does not appear in Hannig, more likely is sDfA.

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xry-Hbt
Translat:  The lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: cnTr
Translat:  Censing.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  105/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  4 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Offering bearers.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.

Register  105/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  4 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Offering bearers.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.

Register  105/4 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: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.

Register  107/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  4 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Sr=Sacrificial ritual
   Description: Priests.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: dit qbHw swabt xt
Translat:  Presenting a libation, purifying offerings.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: cnTr cwabt xt
Translat:  Censing and purifying offerings.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: Htp di nzw m xt bnr<t> (?)
Translat:  A boon which the king gives of sweet things (?).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xry-Hbt
Translat:  The lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xry-Hbt
Translat:  The lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: sAxt
Translat:  Glorifying.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: sAx aSA in Xry-Hb
Translat:  Many glorifications by the lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  Note that Daressy gives a different order of signs.

?   ?   Caption
Translit: sDfA (1) wnmt (?) xt wnmt xt bnrt xt <..?..> kAw (?) Adpw (?) rnpwt (?) Hnqt (?) t (?)
Translat:  Providing (?) food, food things (/ offerings) (?), sweet things (/ offerings), (..?..), cattle, fowl, vegetables, beer, bread.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) sDk does not appear in Hannig, more likely is sDfA.

?   ?   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xry-Hbt
Translat:  The lector priest.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

?   ?   Caption
Translit: cnTr
Translat:  Censing.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  107/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  4 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Offering bearers.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.

Register  107/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  4 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Offering bearers.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.

Register  107/4 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: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 559-560.

Room  V Wall  106a Orientation  S          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558-559.
Remarks

Register  106a/02 K from above:  2 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  2 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Pb=Presentation of birds
Pm=Presentation of pieces of meat
   Description: Eight offering bearers facing right. The four to the left carry fowl, the other four carry shanks.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558-559.
   
 

Texts:

?   ?   Caption
Translit: Hmw-kA nw pr-Dt.s r pr-xrw n.s im
Translat:  The funerary priest of her estate, that an invocation offering may come out to her there.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: The owner seated behind an offering table.
   Literature: -

Room  V Wall  106b Orientation  N          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558-559.
Lauer,
Saqqara, pl. 42.
Remarks

Register  106b/02 K from above:  2 K from below:  1 Text: ?  
   N:  2 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: At least six offering bearers facing left with shanks and geese.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558-559.
Lauer,
Saqqara, pl. 42.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: Owner seated behind an offering table.
   Literature: -

Room  V Wall  106c Orientation  W          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 558-559.
Lauer,
Saqqara, pl. 42.
Remarks False door.

Room  V Wall  108 Orientation  N          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.
Remarks

Register  108/1-4 K from above:  1-4 K from below:  2-5 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  UML  
   Themes: VA - Various
     P=Palanquin scene
A=Attendants
   Description: Owner with son in a palanquin carried by four women. Three dogs and a monkey are depicted beneath the palanquin.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: zA.s cmcw mry.s imAxw xr nTr aA N rn.f nfr N
Translat:  Her eldest son, her beloved, honoured by the great god, N, his good name is N.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imyt-r cSr
Translat:  Female overseer of linen.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imyt-r pr
Translat:  Female steward.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: -
Translat: -
LitRef: -
Remarks:  Undefinable name or title.

Register  108/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: VA - Various
     A=Attendants
   Description: An attendant holding a sunblind above the owner.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: -
Translat: -
LitRef: -
Remarks:  Undefinable name or title.

Register  108/2a K from above:  2 K from below:  4 Text: ?  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: VA - Various
     A=Attendants
   Description: Lower half of five attendants facing right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.

Register  108/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: VA - Various
     A=Attendants
   Description: Two attendants.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imyt-r cSr
Translat:  Female overseer of linen.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imyt-r pr
Translat:  Female steward.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  108/3a K from above:  3 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: VA - Various
     A=Attendants
   Description: Three attendants.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.

Register  108/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Twelve offering bearers facing right with chests, oil-jars etc.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 11.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: hn Xr mrHt
Translat:  Box containing (1) ointment.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) Litt. 'Under'.

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: cHDt xtmt
Translat:  Female inspector of treasure(s).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) Litt. 'Under'.

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: hn Xr <..?..>
Translat:  Box containing (1) (..?..).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  1) Litt. 'Under'.

Room  V Wall  109 Orientation  E          

Sources Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 93 [A].
Remarks

Register  109/x+1 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: Very damaged register with th e remains of an offering bearer facing left at the left and a pair of feet of another person at the right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 93 [A].

Register  109/x+2 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: Very damaged register with the remains of an offering bearer (facing left) left and of two others right.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 93 [A].

Register  109/x+3 K from above:  x+3 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Slaughtering scene depicting twenty-two butchers and eight oxen.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 93 [A].
   
 

Texts:

?   <   Spoken
Translit: <... nty->Hna
Translat:  (... com)rade.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Register  109/x+4 K from above:  x+4 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  x Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Slaughtering scene depicting twenty-two butchers and eight oxen.
   Literature: Daressy, Le mastaba de Mera, p. 560.
Wreszinski,
Atlas III, pl. 93 [A].
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Damaged
Translit: ???
Translat:  (Damaged).
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: mk HnTi
Translat:  See, slaughter.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: 

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: -
Translat: -
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks:  The text is not clearly visible on Wreszinsky's plate. The signs are recorded by Daressy.

Row(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: pr im.f wn nty-Hna
Translat:  Forth with it, hurry, comrade.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Spoken
Translit: nDr r mnx
Translat:  Pull hard.
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Spoken
Translit: pnz tp.f wn Hn.k m anx
Translat:  Turn his head, hurry, by your life!
LitRef:  LMS
Remarks: -

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes: A> - Owner (looking right), incl. family members
    
   Description: The owner stading with her son.
   Literature: -


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