Minna (Tombs of the Nobles) The shortest cemetery No. (TT69) belongs to a person called “Minna” who was a writer of royal fields during the reign of “Thutmose IV.” And the cultivation of flax and its combing, and scenes of the harvest, and some views of the sea and land, all of this under the supervision of “from us.”
This cemetery took the architectural style of the cemetery of senior statesmen in the modern state. It consists of an entrance leading to an exhibition hall that leads to a long hall that ends with a niche (gap) of the statue. One of us was a writer of the fields of the master of the two lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, and it is possible that he lived the days of King Tuthmosis the Fourth, and it seems clear from the views of the cemetery that he had an enemy that harboured hatred and hatred, for this enemy was able after his death to reach his cemetery and distorted the face of us and destroyed his eyes in most of the scenes that Represent him on the walls of the cemetery so that he does not see what is presented to him and therefore does not enjoy it in the other world, and so that he does not notice the agricultural work in the fields, or pursue harvesting, or enjoy the sport of fishing or birds,
Cemetery layout is
Outdoor courtyard “open courtyard.”
Wide hall
Longitudinal hall
Al-Nisha, “the statue of the cemetery owner and his wife.”
The occasional hall
It is the last part of the cemetery. It is still under preparation, as its floor has not been prepared to allow it to enter that hall closed, and through the transverse hall, you look at the views of the longitudinal hall from the outside; Therefore, the most important scenes of the longitudinal hall were placed in painting outside the cemetery “in front of the cemetery on the left side inward” that shows the visitor the views that he will not be able to see inside the cemetery. There are four rows of scenes seen from us while supervising a field survey in the upper row. The rope the workers use to determine the cultivated land area must also be noticed by the foreman standing behind the advances and one of the workers pleading with him by kissing one of his feet. He is seen from us at the end of the upper row. He was standing inside a canopy watching his ships. It is worth noting that one of the workers was punished in front of us. We see him lying on the ground, and his boss is accusing him of hitting him with the stick. In the second row, he sees different scenes, including a carriage of us with its beautiful horse standing waiting for him, then the scene of the wheat and the scribes as they record.
His quantities, followed by a view of us standing inside an umbrella and one of our followers brings him refreshments in two pots placed in two nets made of strings, followed by the scene of the scattering of wheat and another of the trampling of wheat by a group of cows. The scenes of the third row represent the harvest, reaping, bundling, and transportation of wheat. Here we notice the two girls quarrelling and pulling each other’s hair and the scene of the man sitting under the shade of a tree striking the flute and another seized by fatigue and took him a year of sleep. As for the scenes of the fourth grade, they represent ploughing and sowing. He notes the image of the girl trying to pull a thorn out of her colleague’s foot. At the beginning of the third and fourth grades (now destroyed), he sees one of us with two of his daughters in front of him, each with a curious crown, each carrying Hathorean chains. The scenes of the narrow wall on the left of us and behind him represent his wife worshipping the god Osiris, the Lord of the dead sitting in
His cabin wore the Atef crown, holding the hooked stick “itch” in one hand and the other with “nakha”. His face was painted black, symbolizing the fertile land of Egypt, and he wore his white robes. On the same walls, some followers are also seen carrying bouquets and offerings. As for the scenes of the wall facing inwards to the left, most of them are smashed. Remains of a view of us, his wife and some of his acquaintances can be seen. We are now heading to the other half of the exhibit hall. On the same wall of the crowbar on the right is seen the traditional view of us in front of the various offerings, followed by his wife and some of his sons and daughters, then scenes of bearers of offerings and flowers. On the narrow wall on the right, there is a scene representing a painting with double views representing the god Anubis in front of Osiris. One of the deities of the West is on the left. The god Ra Hur my sister and the goddess Hathor to the right, then a view of some relatives, then from his wife and us are worshipping, and there is on the wall facing inward on the right is a view of a banquet in which each of us, his wife and a group of guests meet in the two rows.
Moving to the longitudinal hall, scenes of offerings bearers, sacrifices, funeral furniture, and some boats are seen on the wall to the left of the inside, some of which carry funeral furniture, including what carries the deceased’s female relatives while they are in great grief. The boat carries the naos inside which the deceased’s coffin is to Anubis, the cowardly god. Following that is the sight of the weight of the heart seen from us, and with him, Jahoti records the weight of the heart in front of the god Osiris. There is the scale, and on one of his shoulders is a heart from us, and on the other side, a small statue of the goddess of truth is Maat. It is noticed that the enemy has destroyed the scale and the eye of the person who holds his shoulders to escape from us from the account of the afterlife. If we look at the other wall on the right, see the sacred journey to Abydos and some rituals that are held in front of the mummy, then follow that famous scene of bird and fish hunting in the papyrus swamps and notice a daughter of us bending gracefully from the edge of the boat inside which her father is in to pick one of the lotus buds as well as the traditional crocodile that Catches a fish and a mongoose trying to steal bird’s nests. Then he follows some scenes that represent the relatives of the deceased as they offer him and his wife various offerings. Then we go to the narrow wall facing the interior at the end of the longitudinal hall where the statue niche is located, and the scenes of bearers of advances are observed on both sides of the niche. Before leaving this cemetery, we must not forget the scenes of its ceiling, characterized by its beautiful colours, and the follow-up of the clothing styles and accessories that are clear in every view of the cemetery.
As it is known about the job of “Mina”, he is the supervisor of property loss and the first responsible for the money and taxes collected. All this made “us” proud of his job to a large degree, so like the porter, his job inside the cemetery. Where he represented it on the eastern wall on the south side to the left of the interior
Ploughing: where we see a group of bulls ploughing the land.
The hoeing process: a group of peasants hoeing in the land to sow wheat seeds.
Harvesting process: a group of farmers holding a round tool with which they harvest wheat.
Transferring the crop: After harvesting the wheat, it is placed in rolls, then transported and placed in piles.
The seeding process: It is the separation of the grains from the straw, and it takes place in two stages
They walk the bulls on the wheat, so we see a man holding a branch of a tree leading the bulls to walk on the stalks and mash them, separating the love from the husk, and there are two other people holding thorns moving the spikes in quantity under the legs of the bull until they mash them.
B. After the walk the bulls, catch the wheat and scatter it in the air, then the wheat grains come down, and the straw flies and they have a universe of wheat.
The process of weighing the crop “Weighing”: They start with the weight of the wheat. There is a group of clerks who record this wheat and its amount by weight. In addition to that, we find another group of scribes calculating and registering taxes where this wheat has a certain amount of taxes on it, and if he does not pay taxes, we will see later what he will be subjected to in terms of punishment.
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