Neferabet

The hieroglyphic
name of Neferabet

Temple Draughtsman, the Nineteenth Dynasty, New Kingdom, c. 1295-1186 BC. Neferabet gone an employee in the Place of Truth in the graveyard of Deir el-Medina. He records his distress that, for swearing incorrectly in the name of the god Ptah, he was struck blind. Beware of Ptah, he urges those who visit his otherwise pleasant and well appointed tomb. He likewise seemingly fell foul of the goddess Meretseger (She who loves Silence), whom he thanks for repairing his health after some unnamed evildoing against The Peak, the pyramidal-shaped deal, sacred to the goddess, which stood old the necropolis.

The Tomb of Neferabet (TT5):

The tomb of Neferabet, or tomb (TT5), has two burial chambers. In chamber A a son called Nedjemger is shown providing a vase to Neferabet and Taesi. A big group of congeners is shown warm the Hathor cow from the mountain. The relatives include: Neferabet himself, his father the scorpion curer Amenmose (father-in-law?), and his brother Amenemope. Also involved are Neferabet's boys Neferronpet, Ramose, Nedjemger, Meriunu and Neferabets brothers Anhotep, Ipu, Huy, Merymaat and a man named Iryfdjodj. The women in the scene include Neferabet's wife Ta-ese, her mother Tenthaynu, his sister Istnofret and various daughters named Henuttu, Mahy, Tenthaynu, Hetepy, Mutemopet and Istnofret. In another view several family members are presented warm Re-Harakhti. The congeners in this scene take Neferabet's father Neferronpet, Neferabet himself, Neferabet's brother Anhotep and different of Neferabet's uncles: Rahotep, Maaninakhtef, Ipu and Pashed.

In chamber B, five panels show the family loving Anubis. Neferabet is attended by his wife, his sons Nedjemger, Neferronpet, Ramose, and Meriunu as well as his daughters Henutta, Tentha, Istnofret, Henut-iunet, Hetepy, Mutemopet, Mahy and Roruti. Anhotep is attended by their sisters Tentamenet and Taysenofret. In this tomb the scholars find a stela mentioning Neferabet's father Neferrenpet is now in the British Museum in London.

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