Greg Reeder Wrote:
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> Here are 2 photographs I took in 1983 in one of
> the "Tombs of the Nobles" at Qurna, West Bank,
> Luxor.I thought it might be fun to post some pics.
> I can't remember the name of the tomb right now
> but I think it belonged to a woman. The first
> photo is a dance scene, maybe even a mourning
> dance....I don't know.There is some hieratic (but
> very clear) graffiti upper left. The second
> photo may be part of a dance scene as well or 4
> women clapping.
> Does anyone recognize the tomb?

The tomb of Kheru-ef, with these as figures of the /xnr/ dancers and hand-clappers, as part of Amenhotep III's third /sd/ festival celebrations.

Published as

Epigraphic Survey in Cooperation with the Department of Antiquities of Egypt. 1980. The Tomb of Kheruef. Theban Tomb 192. Oriental Institute Publications 102. Chicago: Oriental Institute. (Specifically Plates 34, 36, 38 and 40).

The text above the /xnr/ dancers says:

He has give to me a pod of seeds, so has done the garner man. As for the pod of seeds, I have fully roasted it and have fully ground it. O garner man, what I have protected has been removed, what I have protected has been removed, so that what should be high is exalted. You spend all night, exalted one, being exalted. My eyes are bloodshot, through staring while they are inverted. O you whose..., whose tongue, whose throat, and whose /nDD/ are exalted, you are exalted. On you who have sharp nails, you are /nXat/...as a son...come forth from...field...

The text above the clapping women says:

Singing.
Jubilate, jubilate!
Pray, make jubilation, be effusive!

HTH.

Katherine Griffis-Greenberg

Doctoral Candidate
Oriental Institute
Doctoral Programme in Oriental Studies [Egyptology]
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2007 02:00PM by Katherine Griffis-Greenberg.