youtube/watch?v=-RCdSERb1R4 TOMB OF RENNY (El Khab) The Tomb of Renny is the EK7 of the Necropolis of El Khab. Renny lived during the Eighteenth Dynasty under the reign of Amenhotep I and took the titles of Nomarch of the Nome of the Feathery Fortress, High priest of Nekhbet, Head of the scribes, Crown Prince, etc. ... The tomb consists of a single long chamber, with vaulted ceiling, about 30 feet by 11. At the bottom of this tomb a niche, about 7 feet deep, opens up. At the end of the chamber on the right-hand side, a small room, now walled up, opens up. The ceiling, arched and decorated entirely with a checkerboard pattern, is joined to the walls with a kheker frieze resembling a bundle of pipes below which runs a band of tiles of various colors that overcomes another band painted with hieroglyphics. On the north part of the west wall we can see the scene of the banquet in honor of the grandparents of Renny, Sobekhotep and his wife Idy. We see many guests represented while holding a folded piece in one hand and a lotus flower, symbol of rebirth, the other hand. All guests are identified by their names written in front of their faces. The first and the second characters, top right, in front of the standing woman, are the brothers of Sobekhotep, the grandfather of Renny. The two characters bottom left, kneeling, are priests. Both of them with a hand placed on their shoulders as a sign of respect. On the east wall we see another scene of the banquet of which the parents of Renny, his father Sobekhotep and his mother Ahmose, are the main actors sitting at a table richly laden with bread, meat and vegetables. Also, on the east wall, we see the scene of the funeral where the lead actor is, of course, Renny. The top right of the scene shows two Muu, actors/dancers, who are placed at the head of the funeral procession accompanying Renny to his ultimate rest celebrating the resurrection of Osiris. They wear a hat made of papyrus stems. Their posture is characterized by the raised foot and by the index of the hand tended to indicate. Two carriers follow the procession with two poles that hold up a box, probably containing the canopic jars where the internal organs of Renny are placed. The box is placed on a stand similar to a bed. Between the two men, under the box, a young girl called Djeret. In front of the holders of the canopic jars we see a typical element of the funeral procession, Tekenu, pulled by two men on a sled. Tekenu is represented by a human figure, sitting in a fetal position, usually wrapped in animal skin. The significance of this element has not yet been clarified. To some Egyptologists Tekenu symbolizes a virtual human sacrifice that is the memory of what once, perhaps, was a real sacrifice. To other Egyptologists Tekenu symbolizes the deceased in his embryonic stage in the womb as he prepares to rise again. Under the Tekenu we see Anubis, in a chapel, waiting Renny for accompanying him to Osiris. To the right of Anubis is, on two registers, the representation of a building. On the upper register we see the layout of the building, top right, which shows six rooms none of which, curiously, has an opening to the outside. Next we see two obelisks and then two trees. On the lower register, from right, two Muu in a room with vaulted ceiling, a pond or swimming pool surrounded by palm trees and sixteen likely irrigated areas. On the side of the building we see the Ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth and Renny, mummified, placed on a bed. In the bottom right corner of the east wall we see two bearers carrying a basket containing, probably, the funerary furnishings of Renny. Here is an important friend of Renny, Saumes, while three singers, Baba, Djehutyhotep and Nehi, close the scene. At the end of the room, on the north wall, there is a niche that once housed the statue of Renny of which now we only see its stand. On the east wall of the niche we see Renny and his mother Ahmose sitting on a bench below which we see an alabaster vase. Under the bench useful items to the deceased in the afterlife, two baskets, a necklace and two loincloths, are placed. In front of the couple we see the children of Renny, Sen-Djehuty, that rolls out what is probably a Book of the Dead, followed, on his knees, by Tchuni, Ahmose, Neferhotep and finally, standing, Nebmes who is holding what looks like a net. For further informations visit my website: my-egypt.it/upper-egypt/el-khab-nekheb-2/ For other movies see my YouTube page: Oliviero Oliviero Piccinali
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 10:45:27 +0000
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