![]() ![]() South false door in west wall of outer room of chapel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut west and south walls (MFA 13.4352) found in situ in G 2184. Also appears on painted block (MFA 13.6040) from this false door found displaced. False door in niche (blocking entrance to interior chapel) in west wall of inner room of chapel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut found in situ in G 2184. North and south false doors and architrave in west wall of interior chapel inscribed for Akhmerutnisut in situ in G 2184 (interior chapel previously blocked by later phases of construction). Limestone seated statue (MFA 12.1482) inscribed for Akhmerutnisut, identified as royal acquaintance, companion, overseer of the department of palace attendants of the Great House found in situ in G 2184 inner room of chapel. Name and titles (including mouth of Nekhen, judge of secret judgements, priest of Maat, elder of the court) appear on displaced inscribed block, along with those of wife Hunetka found in chapel of G 2375 (possibly originally from south wall of chapel recess). ![]() Architectural elements (pillars and architrave of pillared portico) and false door inscribed for Akhetmehu, identified as judge, elder of the court, mouth of Nekhen, judge of secret matters of the Great Court, secretary, priest of Maat, master of reversion-offerings on architrave, identified as judge, mouth of Nekhen, elder of the court, overlord of the words of secret judgements of the Great Court, priest of Maat, secretary of judgements, mouth of Nekhen (written twice) also appears in chapel recess relief, west wall (north of false door, Akhetmehu seated at offering table with Seshemnefer leading row of offering bearers below, and south of false door, Akhetmehu seated at offering table), north wall (marsh scene, depicting Akhetmehu and Hunetka with their sons Ankhirptah and Seshemnefer), south wall (including displaced blocks 35-11-96a and 35-11-96b, standing figures of Akhetmehu and Hunetka and son Ankhirptah receiving tribute) false door and relief in situ in G 2375, pillared portico reconstructed. ^ Caption of the ushabti, from the Archeological Civic Museum (MCA) of Bologna.Thebes in the First Millennium BC: Art and Archaeology of the Kushite Period and Beyond. In Pischikova, Elena Budka, Julia Griffin, Kenneth (eds.). "The Book of Nut in the Late Period Tombs of the Asasif Necropolis: With a Focus on the Decorative Layout in the Tombs of Padiamenope (TT 33) and Montuemhat (TT 34)". ![]() On the Fringe of Commentary - Metatextuality in Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Cultures (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 232). Two Examples from the Priest Padiamenope's Tomb". "Metatextuality and Efficiency in Ancient Egypt. ^ a b c d e f g "Relief attributed to Petamenophis".Several ushabti belonging to Padiamenope are known all of these are broken, presumably for some magical reason. : 430–1 Another statue, on which he bears the title of "Scribe of the Temple of Abydos", is now in Syracuse. Padiamenmope's ushabtis, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, MunichĪ quartzite statue of him, found at Karnak, is now at the Cairo Egyptian Museum. The tomb inscriptions also mention his mother and many maternal family members, while members of the paternal side are absent altogether it has therefore been suggested that he may have been of Kushite origin, given the typically matrilineal tradition of that society. : 261 : 168 From his titles and the text written on the walls of his tomb, it has been deduced that he must have had an exceptional knowledge of both royal and sacred texts. He was a "chief of the scribes of the king’s documents", but also held priestly positions such as chief ritualist priest, as well as liturgical scribe both at Thebes and Abydos. Notably, the name of the pharaoh (or pharaohs) he must have served does not appear in any of his numerous inscriptions it has been estimated that he should have lived between the late 25th and the 26th Dynasty. His titles provide only vague hints about his career, with none of these seemingly referring to any political charge. ![]() Padiamenope : 431 (also known by the hellenised form Petamenophis : 259 ) was an ancient Egyptian royal scribe and chief lector priest between the late 25th Dynasty and the early 26th Dynasty, known mainly for his immense tomb, one of the largest ever built in ancient Egypt.ĭespite his immense tomb and the quantity of known artifacts attributable to him, nearly nothing is known of Padiamenope’s life. Sunk relief believed to depict Padiamenope, now at the MET Museum. ![]()
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