LMP no.
183a
Code
T58a
Location
Saqqara
Owner
sanxwptH
P&M ref.
n.r.
Tomb type Mastaba
Gender Male
Most likely date -
Dating P&M -
Dating Harpur - Harpur no. -
Dating Cherpion -
Dating Kanawati - Kanawati no. -
Other dating Teti, late? (Kanawati)
King -
Literature Decker & Herb, Sport, p. 396-397, K2.42.
Kanawati,
The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 39-71.
Remarks -
Summary2 rooms (F, I)
7 walls (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07)

Plan remarks Plan: drawing from Kanawati, pl. 61.

 

Room  F Wall  01 Orientation  N          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 47-50, pl. 23, 24b-c, 63-64, 65a.
Remarks -

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

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner standing.
   Literature: -

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

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

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

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner standing.
   Literature: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner standing.
   Literature: -

Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner standing.
   Literature: -

Room  I Wall  02 Orientation  W          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p 50, pl. 65b.
Remarks Owner standing.

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

Room  I Wall  03 Orientation  E          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50, pl. 65c.
Remarks Owner standing.

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

Room  I Wall  04 Orientation  S          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.
Remarks -

Register  04/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  7 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.

Register  04/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  6 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.

Register  04/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.

Register  04/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prd=Procession of desert cattle
   Description: Two men bringing a Nubian ibex and a dorcas gazelle.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: niAw
Translat:  Nubian Ibex.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50.
Remarks:  Note the order of the signs.

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: gHs
Translat:  Dorcas Gazelle.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50.
Remarks: -

Register  04/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Prc=Procession of domestic cattle
   Description: A man bringing an ox and a man with a yoke.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: rn iwA
Translat:  Young ox.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50.
Remarks: -

Register  04/6 K from above:  6 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
D=Desert animals / cattle
   Description: Men slaughtering an ox (right) and what might be an ibex or a gazelle (left).
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.

Register  04/7 K from above:  7 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: SL - Slaughtering
     C=Domestic cattle
   Description: Men slaughtering two oxen.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 50-51, pl. 25, 66, 70.

Room  I Wall  05 Orientation  E          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.
Remarks -

Register  05/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  7 Text: ?  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Very damaged remains of at least one offering bearer facing left.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/1a K from above:  1 K from below:  7 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: FO - Fowling
     H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
   Description: Men fowling with a hexagonal net.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/1-3 K from above:  1-3 K from below:  5-7 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  UM  
   Themes: VA - Various
     P=Palanquin scene
A=Attendants
   Description: Owner seated in a palanquin carried by eight men with two men walking in front and two men (one in front, one behind the palanquin) carrying sunscreens.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/2 K from above:  2 K from below:  6 Text: ?  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: VA - Various
     A=Attendants
   Description: Lower half of two attendants.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/2a K from above:  2 K from below:  6 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Ob=Offering bearers, incl. ka-servants & servants with attributes
   Description: Four offering bearers facing left are still (partly) visible.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/2b K from above:  2 K from below:  6 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: FO - Fowling
     H=Hexagonal net (= Clapnet)
   Description: Two subregisters depicting men fowling with a hexagonal net.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/3 K from above:  3 K from below:  5 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     A=Attendants
   Description: An attendant facing left.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/3-7 K from above:  3-7 K from below:  1-5 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  ML  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     Os=Owner in Marshes: Fishing with spear
A=Attendants
   Description: The owner standing (with his wife) in a papyrus skiff fishing with a harpoon.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: & N rn.f N
Translat:  T N, whose name is N.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 60.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hm.t.f mrt.f imAxwt xr nTr aA N rn.s N
Translat:  His wife, his beloved, the honoured one before the great god, N, whose name is N.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 60.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: xnz zSw stit mHit aA wrt
Translat:  Transversing the ponds, spearing a very great catch of fish.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 60.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 60.
Remarks: -

Register  05/3-7a K from above:  3-7 K from below:  1-5 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  ML  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     Ot=Owner in Marshes: Fowling with throwstick
A=Attendants
   Description: The owner standing (with his wife) in a papyrus skiff fowling with a throwstick.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: xnz zSw pHww sxwt nbt nfr<w> nt tA-mHw Hsb Xnm
Translat:  Transversing all beautiful ponds, canals and marshlands of the Delta, hun t ing fowl.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Hmt.f mrt.f imAxwt xr nTr aA N rn.s N
Translat:  His wife, his beloved, the honoured one before the great god, N, whose name is N.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 60-61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Register  05/4 K from above:  4 K from below:  4 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
    
   Description: An attendant facing right.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     A=Attendants
   Description: Two attendants facing right.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/5a K from above:  5 K from below:  3 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     A=Attendants
   Description: Three attendants facing left.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Register  05/6 K from above:  6 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     A=Attendants
   Description: Two attendants facing right. One man has a pair of sandals in his hand and a bag over his shoulder.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Register  05/6a K from above:  6 K from below:  2 Text: Y  
   N:  7 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: MA - Marsh scenes
     A=Attendants
   Description: Two attendants facing left. The first has a pair of sandals (?) in his hand and a bag over the shoulder.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   >   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: imy-r sSr
Translat:  Overseer of linen.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 61.
Remarks: -

Register  05/7 K from above:  7 K from below:  1 Text: N  
   N:  7 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: HU - Hunting
     H=Hippopotamus hunt
   Description: Two men standing in a papyrus skiff harpooning a hippopotamus.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 59-62, pl. 2, 33-38, 69, 75-76, 78.

Room  I Wall  06 Orientation  N          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58-59, pl. 1a, c-d, 30-32, 68, 74, 77.
Remarks -

Register  06/2 K from above:  3 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  6 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58-59, pl. 1a, c-d, 30-32, 68, 74, 77.

Register  06/3 K from above:  4 K from below:  3 Text: N  
   N:  6 Wpi:  M  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58-59, pl. 1a, c-d, 30-32, 68, 74, 77.

Register  06/4 K from above:  5 K from below:  2 Text: N  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58-59, pl. 1a, c-d, 30-32, 68, 74, 77.

Register  06/5 K from above:  6 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  6 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Pm=Presentation of pieces of meat
Pb=Presentation of birds
   Description: Six offering bearers facing left. Three with shanks (left) and three with fowl (right).
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58-59, pl. 1a, c-d, 30-32, 68, 74, 77.
   
 

Texts:

Column(s)   >   Caption
Translit: sxp<t> stp<t>
Translat:  Bringing the choice food.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58.
Remarks:  Fn 1: cxpt belongs to both texts, even though it is only written once.

Row(s)   >   Caption
Translit: sxpt rnpt nbt nfrt int <r> prt-xrw im n kA & N
Translat:  Bringing all fine year-offerings which are brought as offerings therein for the ka of T N.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 58.
Remarks:  Fn 1: cxpt belongs to both texts, even though it is only written once.

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  I Wall  07 Orientation  W          

Sources Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 51-57, pl. 1b, 26-30, 71-73.
Remarks -

Register  07/1 K from above:  1 K from below:  5 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Sr=Sacrificial ritual
   Description: Priests.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 51-57, pl. 1b, 26-30, 71-73.
   
 

Texts:

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: <s>Axt
Translat:  Glorification.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks:  Note the omission of s.

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xri-Hbt
Translat:  Lector priest.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Name(s)/Title(s)
Translit: Xri-Hbt
Translat:  Lector priest.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks: -

Column(s)   <   Caption
Translit: <s>Axt
Translat:  Glorification.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks:  Note the omission of s.

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: wdn xt
Translat:  Gesture of offering.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks:  Fn 1: See for the spelling of xt, Kanawati, p. 55.

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: Htp di nswt gsw t (?) <...> bnr Hnqt kA Apd <..?..> (1) rnpt
Translat:  Offerings which the king gives, half loaves, sweet (...), beer, oxen, fowl, a cut of meat, a drink, bread (1) and the year-offering.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks:  1) The signs most likely form the word Hnkt 'offering', see Hannig p. 848.

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: snTr
Translat:  Censing.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: stpt xt
Translat:  The choice things.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: stt mw
Translat:  Pouring water.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks: -

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: dit stpt xt
Translat:  Giving the choice things.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 55.
Remarks:  Kanawati ignores the qbH -vase.

Register  07/2a K from above:  2 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: HU - Hunting
     D=Desert hunt
   Description: Desert Hunt.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 51-57, pl. 1b, 26-30, 71-73.

Register  07/2b K from above:  2 K from below:  4 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  U  
   Themes: HU - Hunting
     D=Desert hunt
   Description: Desert Hunt.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 51-57, pl. 1b, 26-30, 71-73.

Register  07/3-4 K from above:  3-4 K from below:  2-3 Text: N  
   N:  5 Wpi:  ML  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     O=Offerings on display
   Description: Offerings on display.
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 51-57, pl. 1b, 26-30, 71-73.

Register  07/5 K from above:  5 K from below:  1 Text: Y  
   N:  5 Wpi:  L  
   Themes: OF - Offerings
     Pm=Presentation of pieces of meat
Pb=Presentation of birds
   Description: Seven offering bearers facing right. Two with shanks (right) and five with fowl (left).
   Literature: Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 51-57, pl. 1b, 26-30, 71-73.
   
 

Texts:

Mixed   <   Caption
Translit: sxp<t> stp<t>
Translat:  Bringing the choice food.
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 52.
Remarks:  Fn 1: cxpt belongs to both texts, even though it is only written once.

Row(s)   <   Caption
Translit: sxpt rnpt nbt nfrt int r prt-xrw im n & <...>
Translat:  Bringing all fine year-offerings which are brought as offerings therein for the T (...).
LitRef:  Kanawati, The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara III, p. 52.
Remarks:  Fn 1: cxpt belongs to both texts, even though it is only written once.

Other categories
Register  - K from above:  - K from below:  - Text: N  
   N:  - Wpi:  -  
   Themes:
    
   Description: Owner seated behind an offering table.
   Literature:


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