CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations
I The Tomb owner and his Dependents
II Dating of Hesi
III Architectural Features
IV Burial Apartment
V Scenes and Inscriptions
VI Finds
Index
Plates
N. Kanawati and M. Abder-Raziq
The tomb of Hesi was discovered in the early 1980s but remained unpublished. Although formed of a portico and one-roomed chapel, the walls are full of scenes and inscriptions executed in high quality relief on a small scale to allow for the inclusion of a variety of themes on rather limited wall space. Included in the traditional subjects depicted in the tomb are some unusual motifs. Similarly, the inscriptions, including Hesi's biography contain some unconventional expressions. The name and figures of Hesi have been deliberately chiselled out from the tomb decoration as happened to many tomb owners who lived in the turbulent period from the end of Teti's reign to the beginning of that of Pepy I. In addition to the text, the publication includes a complete record of architectural features and the scenes and inscriptions in photographs and facsimile drawings.
N. Kanawati is Professor of Egyptology at Macquarie University and Director of the Australian Centre for Egyptology.
M. Abder-Raziq is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Suez Canal, Egypt and was previously Director-General at the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.
56pp. 68 plates A4 pb 085668 814 2 (ACE Report 13) (2000) $90 / £40
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Preface Abbreviations I The Tomb owner and his Dependents II Dating of Hesi III Architectural Features IV Burial Apartment V Scenes and Inscriptions VI Finds Index Plates |
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