THE
TOMB
OP
PARENNEFER.
3
youngest
sister
walk
witli
their
arms
round
one
another's
necks
and
beguile
the
way
with
caresses.
South
Wall-Thickness
(Plates
iii.,
viii.).—
Here
a
full-size
figure
of
Parennefer
is
seen
in
act
of
prayer.
His
bald
head
is
crowned
with
the
festal
cap
and
his
neck
is
loaded
with
five
double
collars
of
gold
beads.
The
text
of
his
prayer
has
been
injured
both
in
ancient
and
in
recent
times,
and
his
name,
which
occurs
twice
in
the
text,
was
possibly
expunged
deliberately.1
For
a
translation
of
the
prayer
see
p.
25.
AVest
AAAll
:
North
Side
(Plates
iv.,2
v.,
vii.,
ix.,
x.).
Previous
copies
(of
Plate
iv.):
Hay,
MSS.
29814,
fol.
39,
40;
29847,
fol.
64
;
Lepsius,
D.,
III.,
108,
109
;
11on.
du
culte
d'Atonou,
I.,
PI.
lxv.
At
the
Palace
Window
(Plate
iv.).—This
wall,
with
its
wealth
of
detail,
its
beauty
of
1
The
first
occurrence
of
the
name
shows
that
it
ended
in
nefer,
the
second
that
it
began
with
Par;
and
as
an
n
and
nfr
can
be
traced
below
at
intervals
it
seems
certain
that
the
rest
of
the
name
was
written
in
ill-cut
hieroglyphs
where
the
contour
of
the
figure
left
room
for
them.
As
the
name
is
well
known
in
the
18th
Dynasty,
its
adoption,
suggested
by
Bouriant
(Mon.
du
culte
d'Atonou,
I.,
p.
124),
is
fairly
safe.
The
east
door
(PI.
vii.),
which
might
have
solved
the
question,
gives
less
than
no
help.
The
only
column
preserved
(in
ink)
on
the
right
jamb
ends
with
the
title
preceding
the
name,
the
wall
not
having
been
smoothed
below
this.
Paint
traces
of
the
ends
of
the
four
columns
re¬
main
on
the
left
jamb.
The
three
first
end
at
the
same
level
with
the
fragment
of
a
title
or
name
en
pet
(t).
The
fourth
closes
with
a
name(?)
ending
in
r
or
perhaps
par.
This
may
be
the
name
of
the
wife,
which
seems
to
have
ended
in
^
(PI.
v.
Por
mention
of
the
wife
cf.
PI.
xxiv.).
2
The
right-hand
half
of
PI.
iv.
(the
scene
outside
the
balcony)
is
from
a
half-scale
drawing,
but,
owing
to
the
extensive
injuries
to
the
wall,
I
took
L.,
1).,
III.,
109,
as
the
basis
of
the
rest.
I
altered
it,
however,
in
numberless
points
of
detail
from
the
wall
itself
or
from
the
copy
of
Hay.
I
have
also
ventured
here
and
there
to
bring
it
into
nearer
harmony
with
the
style
in
vogue
at
El
Amarna,
as
shown
in
extant
parts
or
elsewhere.
1
could
not
use
the
picture
in
the
French
publication,
since
it
is
evidently
a
copy
of
Lepsius,
with
the
addition
of
the
left-hand
bottom
corner,
which
he
did
not
include,
and
a
few
other
altera¬
tions.
In
Plate
iv.,
as
elsewhere,
the
limits
of
the
parts
which
are
now
destroyed
are
marked
by
a
faint
outline
and
an
asterisk
in
the
margin.
Berlin
Museum
possesses
squeezes
of
the
scene
(No.
503).
execution,
and
its
scheme
of
colour,
would
be
in
strong
contrast
to
its
wretched
surroundings,
in
spite
of
its
own
incompleteness
and
the
stains
and
erasures
that
time
has
effected,
had
it
not
been
mutilated
in
the
most
heart-rending
way
in
the
general
assault
upon
the
tombs
in
1890.
The
outlines
of
the
picture,
fortunately,
can
be
restored
in
all
essentials
from
earlier
copies,
and
are
presented
here
in
full
for
the
first
time.
Not
only
is
the
subject
of
the
reward
of
the
deserving
official
the
prominent
feature
in
every
tomb,
but
the
same
general
presentation
of
it,
though
with
much
change
of
form,
occupies
the
front
wall
of
each
of
the
chief
tombs
of
this
group
(those
of
Ay,
Tutu,
May
(?),
and
Paren¬
nefer).
The
picture,
therefore,
may
be
dismissed
in
a
few
words.
The
balcony
from
which
the
King
and
Queen
lean
out
to
see
their
favourite
publicly
decorated
is,
as
usual,
the
chief
feature
in
the
picture,
not
only
in
size
but
also
in
the
amount
of
coloured
detail
bestowed
upon
it.
The
decoration
shown
on
the
palace
front
differs
somewhat
from
that
given
elsewhere
;
but
if
this
makes
it
unlikely
that
it
is
an
exact
reproduction
of
one
of
the
palace
windows,
it
none
the
less
mirrors
faithfully
the
kind
of
ornamentation
which
was
applied
to
the
walls
above
the
dado
of
painted
wainscotting.3
The
design
on
the
panelled
front
of
the
balcony
is
met
with
else¬
where
in
a
less
perfect
condition
(Plate
xix.
and
II.
xxxi.
For
a
coloured
copy
see
Frontispiece,
Vol
V.).4
Pictures
similarly
rich
in
information
3
Remains
of
such
decoration,
probably
with
the
closest
degree
of
resemblance,
may
still
be
seen
on
the
ruined
walls
of
the
palace
of
the
King's
father,
Amenhetep
III.,
at
Thebes.
4
This
copy
was
made
for
me
by
Mr.
E.
Harold
Jones,
who
spent
much
care
on
it.
In
the
original
the
colours
are
much
soiled
and
impaired,
so
that
close
study
is
necessary
for
their
recovery,
nor
can
I
feel
sure
that
we
have
obtained
the
original
value
of
some
of
the
greens.
It
will
be
seen
that
there
are
painted
designs
on
the
borders
and
cornices
of
the
loggia
which
were
too
minute
or
un¬
certain
to
be
reproduced
in
Plate
iv.
The
cushion
is
red
with
small
blue
diamonds,
alternating
with
larger
white
diamonds
with
dark
red
outline
and
central
spot.
Permalink: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/sc2t2
