. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. to their son Meri-Teti. Thetablet at the entrance records the discovery in 1893. Rooms harkkd A. To the right and left of the Entrance: Mereruka andhis wife (the latter on a small scale). To the right in the entrance: theartist who the reliefs, seated before an easel, painting the threeseasons of the Egyptian year (p. Ixxiii), represented by deities; in onehand he holds a shell containing colour, and in the other a pen, while awriting-apparatus hangs from his shoulder; in front of him stands hisson Khenu. To the loft: Mereruka, before w
. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. to their son Meri-Teti. Thetablet at the entrance records the discovery in 1893. Rooms harkkd A. To the right and left of the Entrance: Mereruka andhis wife (the latter on a small scale). To the right in the entrance: theartist who the reliefs, seated before an easel, painting the threeseasons of the Egyptian year (p. Ixxiii), represented by deities; in onehand he holds a shell containing colour, and in the other a pen, while awriting-apparatus hangs from his shoulder; in front of him stands hisson Khenu. To the loft: Mereruka, before whom is his little son Mcri-Teli, holding a lotus-stalk and a bird; beliind Mereruka appear his wifeand several rows of attendants. — A 1. N^. Wall. Mereruka, in a papyrusboat with his wife, spearing fish; in two smaller boats are men harpooningihrce liippopotami; in the reeds are birds and in the river fish. S. hunting in the marshes, in a boat, accompanied by his wife. 160 Route SAKKARA. Tornb of ,\ 1 \ti A2 In ij 1 f^ \ M A^. The details are beautifully rendered (birds, lish, etc., hippopotamns witha crocodile in its mouth). Below, to the left, cuttle crossing a stream;above, cattle thrown on the ground in order to be slaughtered; gardensheing watered. The positions of the cattle arc accurately observed andreproduced. — A 2 contains the mummy-shaft. — A3. E. ^yall. Mererukaand his wife (to the left) inspecting various operations, which are repre-sented in six rows. In the two lowest rows are metal-workers and makers of necklaces and ves-sels ; in the 3rd row,three statues are beingdrawn to the tomb, whilea priest swings a censer ;in the 4th row are car-penters making bed-steads; and in the 5throw are men makingstoneware vessels. Mereruka and hiswife, accompanied byattendants, at a hunt inthe desert; desert ;ini-mals; hound seizing anantelope; lion devour-ing a bull; hedgehogs;hares. —ALE. the right, Mererukaand hiswife, with attend-ant
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