Asset number
242214001
Description
Limestone naos of Rek: the two jambs and lintel on the front of this shrine as well as the two sides and the back are covered with scenes in sunk relief and incised texts. The interior of the shrine is uninscribed. The jambs bear representations of the overseer of craftsmen, Rek, standing with his arms raised in worship and texts of a prayer to Osiris, while on the lintel a conventional group of symbols in the centre is flanked on either side by a figure of Anubis and a 'ba'-bird. The name of the lady Sn-snb is incised on the top right corner of the lintel, but the left corner is broken off. On the right and left sides of the naos Rek is depicted worshipping a standing figure of Osiris, in mummiform guise, at whose feet are shown Isis and Nephthys in the form of serpents. On the rear of the shrine there are two registers which cover only the upper part of the surface. The lower half of the back is uninscribed and probably unfinished. In the upper register the overseer of craftsmen Rek is shown seated with the lady ?nwt-'Iwnw. Before them is an altar on which are piled offerings and over which his son, the chief goldsmith, B?k-n-wrnr. Pouring a libation. Behind Rek and his wife kneel five figures holding lotus-blossoms: his daughter, the chantress of Amun, Mrwt-t?-dy, his daughter, the chantress of Amun, ?nwt-n-m??t, his son [sic], the chantress of Amun, ?nwt-bw-?mt.s, his daughter, the chantress of Amun, ??t-šps(t), and his son P(?)-n-?n?t. The lower register is unfinished as the figures have not been carved and only the text remains. It names Rek, his wife, the lady Seniseneb, his son, the w?b-priest of Amun, Rek, his daughter, the chantress of Amun, 'ly-m-wnwt, his daughter, the chantress of Amun, ?wt-?r, his daughter ?w??, and his son, the w?b-priest of Amun, 'Inw-šfw. In view of the fact that Seniseneb's name appears on the front of the shrine, there can be little doubt that she was the wife of the overseer of craftsmen, Rek, who thus would have been married twice. The naos is well preserved apart from some loss to the top-left corner and along the edges and bottom, especially at the rear where it has been repaired in modern times. The top and interior of the shrine are rough and unsmoothed. There are no traces of colour.
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