Newly unco e ed elie agmen s o Queen Se ibho :
Aqueenly deco a i e heme wi h unusual ea u es
Hana Vymazalo á
ABSTRACT
The wo k ha has ecen ly been ca ied ou a Djedka e’s oyal ceme e y a Sou h Saqqa a has b ough o
ligh new e idence om he py amid complex o Queen Se ibho , he wi e o King Djedka e. Loca ed o he
no h ‑eas o he king’spy amid, his monumen is o pa icula in e es o i s unusual a chi ec u al ea‑
u es. The newly unco e ed e idence makes i possible o b ing he discussion on his ex ao dina y queen
sligh ly u he , ocusing no only on he monumen ’sa chi ec u e bu also on he emains o i s deco a i e
p og amme. This a icle p esen s some o he newly unco e ed elie agmen s om he queen’spy amid
complex. The elie s, which e y likely come om he po ico, belonged o adeco a i e heme showing he
queen, whose igu e is no p ese ed, wi h he emale a endan s and emale o e ing bea e s. O he simila
depic ions a e a es ed in smalle agmen s om o he pa s o he queen’smonumen . Pa allels o his de‑
pic ion can be ound in o he monumen s o Old Kingdom queens, indica ing ha such adeco a i e heme
was one o he usual queenly deco a i e p og ammes. The elie agmen s also p o ide new e idence on
he i les and epi he s o Queen Se ibho , abo e which awinged sola disc wi h wo u aei was ca ed. This
e idence u he unde lines he excep ional ole played by Queen Se ibho in he la e Fi h Dynas y.
KEYWORDS
Saqqa a– py amid complex– Djedka e– Se ibho – elie – queen– i les– epi he s– winged sola disc–
emale a endan s– emale o e ing bea e s
ةيداع ريغ تازيمم تاذ ةكلمل رظنم عوضوم :ًاثيدح اهنع فشكلا مت روح بيإ تس ةكلملل رظانم اياقب
اڤولازاميڤ اناه
صخلم
نم ةديدج ةلدأ نع ةراقس بونج ىف عراكدج كلملاب ةصاخلا ةيكلملا ةنابجلاب ًارخؤم اهؤارجإ مت ىتلا ةيرثلأا لامعلأا تفشك
ىقرشلا لامشلا ىلإ عقت ىتلاو ،ةكلملل ةيمرهلا ةعومجملا ربتعتو .عراكدج كلملا ةجوز ،روح بيإ تس ةكلملل ةيمرهلا ةعومجملا
،ًارخؤم اهنع فشكلا مت ىتلا ةلدلأا حيتت ثيح .ةفولأم ريغ ةيرامعم تامس نم هب زيمتت امل ةصاخ ةيمهأ تاذ ،كلملا مره نم
لوح بصني نل ةرملا هذه زيكرتلا نأ لاإ ،هحرط قبس امع لصفمو مدقتم لكشب ةيئانثتسلاا ةكلملا هذه لوح شاقنلا حرط ةيناكمإ
ةفشتكملا رظانملا اياقب نم ًاضعب ةلاقملا هذه حرطت .اهرظانم جمانرب اياقب ىلع نكلو ،ةيمرهلا ةعومجملل ةيرامعملا تازيمملا
دبعملاب صاخلا لخدملا قاور نم ًاءزج ام ًاموي تناك اهنأ حجرُي ىتلا ،رظانملا ىمتنتو .ةكلملل ةيمرهلا ةعومجملا نم ًاثيدح
.نيبارقلا تلاماحو اهتامداخ ةبحاصمب ،اهتئيه ىلع روثعلا متي مل ىتلاو ،ةكلملا رهظُي رظنم عوضوم ىلإ ،ةكلملل ىزئانجلا
نكميو .ةكلملل ةيمرهلا ةعومجملا ىف ىرخأ نكامأب كلذو ،ًامجح رغصأ اهنكلو ،ةلثامم ىرخأ رظانم اياقب ىلع روثعلا مت امك
اذه لثم نأ ىلإ ريشي امم ،ةميدقلا ةلودلا تاكلم ضعبل ةيمرهلا تاعومجملا ىف كلذو ،رظنملا اذه عم هباشت هجوأ ىلع روثعلا
ىتلا رظانملا اياقب مدقت كلذ ىلإ ةفاضلإابو .ةميدقلا ةلودلا تاكلمل ةداتعملا شوقنلا جمارب رصانع دحأ ناك ىفرخزلا عوضوملا
.نييكلم نيلص مضي حنجملا سمشلا صرقل ليثمت اهقوف روُص ىتلاو ،روح بيإ تس ةكلملا باقلأ لوح ةديدج ةلدأ اهيلع رثع
.ةسماخلا ةرسلأا رخاوأ ىف روح بيإ تس ةكلملا هتبعل ىذلا ىئانثتسلاا رودلا ىلع ةلدلأا كلت دكؤتو اذه
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ةلادلا تاملكلا
– تامداخ – حنجملا سمشلا صرق – توعن – باقلأ – ةكلم – شقن – روح بيإ تس – عراكدج – ةيمره ةعومجم – ةراقس
نيبارق تلاماح
INTRODUCTION
The explo a ion o he py amid complex o King Djedka e in Sou h Saqqa a and o he su ‑
ounding ceme e y has b ough o ligh new e idence on he la e Fi h Dynas y. The documen‑
a ion wo k ha has ecen ly been ca ied ou in he king’s une a y emple has e ealed many
in e es ing a chi ec u al de ails p ese ed in his monumen (see abo e all Megahed– Jánosi
2017 and 2020; Megahed– Jánosi– Vymazalo á 2017, 2018 and 2019). A he same ime, apa
o he neighbou ing queen’s une a y emple was unco e ed du ing he explo a ion o he
no h side o he king’sp ecinc (Megahed– Jánosi– Vymazalo á 2019: 23–34), which included
e idence on he name and i le o i s owne , he king’swi e Se ibho (Megahed– Jánosi– Vy‑
mazalo á 2019: 32–33; Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020a). A omb wi h one o he ea lies deco a ed
bu ial apa men s has ecen ly been unco e ed in he ceme e y nea he queen’smonumen ,
p o iding indica ions on he de elopmen o a chi ec u al and a is ic o ms in his pe iod
(Megahed– Vymazalo á 2019).
The monumen o Queen Se ibho has a ac ed he a en ion o schola s since 1952, when
Ahmed Fakh y unco e ed he une a y emple on he eas side o he py amid. No e idence
on he owne was hen unco e ed ( o decades, she was e e ed o as an “anonymous queen”),
bu many a chi ec u al ea u es in his monumen poin ed o a a he excep ional s a us o
i s owne (see he discussions in Mou si 1987; Jánosi 1989; Jánosi 1996: 36–37). A e asho
ini ial season o su ey conduc ed in he queen’scomplex by he cu en mission p io o he
“Lo us Re olu ion” (Megahed 2011), he wo k e u ned o he queen’smonumen in 2018, when
apo ico and se e al o he ooms we e unco e ed along he sou h side o he queen’spy amid
du ing he cleaning o he a ea a he no h ‑eas pa o he king’s une a y emple (Megahed–
Jánosi– Vymazalo á 2019: 23–34).
Du ing he explo a ion o he queen’smonumen , anumbe o elie agmen s and blocks
wi h elie s ha e been unco e ed in he queen’spy amid complex– some in 1952 by Ahmed
Fakh y and o he s in 2010 and 2018 by he cu en Egyp ian mission. Only a ew elie ag‑
men s ha e been published. They show a ious deco a i e hemes, including hose ha a e
ypical o Old Kingdom monumen s, such as o e ings, he slaugh e o sac i icial animals,
pe soni ica ions o une a y es a es, e c. (see Mou si 1987; Megahed 2011); some agmen s
seem o show pa s o he queen’s igu e (Megahed– Vymazalo á 2021). Some o he elie
agmen s om he queen’s une a y emple, howe e , con ain hemes ha do no seem o
be so usual o aqueen’smonumen (Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020b).
THE 2020 SONDAGE
In he sp ing o 2020, asondage was unde aken be ween he no h wall o he une a y emple
o King Djedka e and he sou h pa o he emple o Queen Se ibho , in he cen al pa o he
so ‑called T.g a ea ( o he T.g a ea and i s explo a ion, see Megahed– Jánosi– Vymazalo á 2019:
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19–33). The sondage was ca ied ou immedia ely o he sou h o he queen’s emple po ico,
o he sou h o i s p ese ed pa emen , whe e aclus e o s ones was documen ed in 2018
( ig. 1). The wo k eached ca. 1.5 m below he le el o he emple’spa emen , and i ex ended
se e al me e s o he sou h o he po ico. The deb is o his a ea consis ed o limes one pieces
and chips wi h asmall amoun o yellow sand in he uppe pa , which g adually inc eased
a lowe le els and owa ds he sou h pa o he sondage.
Du ing his wo k, se e al blocks o whi e limes one and ed g ani e we e unco e ed in
he sondage, oge he wi h a ew smalle agmen s, which seem o ha e belonged o he
queen’smonumen . Conside ing hei loca ion, hese blocks and agmen s possibly came om
he walls and oo ing o he po ico, bu hei o iginal posi ion wi hin he queen’smonumen
s ill needs o be con i med in u u e a e he conclusion o he wo k. Only a ew blocks we e
e ealed in 2020 be o e he mission had o s op i s wo k due o he COVID‑19 pandemic; se e al
mo e blocks on he si e a e wai ing o he nex season o be unco e ed.
THE NEWLY UNCOVERED RELIEF FRAGMENTS
The newly unco e ed blocks om he 2020 sp ing season a e o whi e limes one and con ain
depic ions and insc ip ions ca ed in ine low elie . They may ha e come om he uppe pa
o one o he walls o he po ico.
Fig. 1 The cen al pa o he T.g a ea showing he clus e o s ones o he sou h o he queen’s po ico
(pho o H. Vymazalo á)
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One la ge block has been ound spli in o h ee pieces, which can be ma ched oge he
(DJ 451A–B and DJ 465). In addi ion, se e al agmen s o smalle size may ha e belonged o
he same depic ion as well (DJ 442, DJ 453A–B, DJ 455, DJ 462).
The depic ion is pa icula ly in e es ing o wo main easons: i) i con ains insc ip ions
including i les and epi he s o Queen Se ibho , some o hem p e iously una es ed; ii) he
deco a ion includes mo i s wi h aclea ly oyal conno a ion.
DJ 451A–B AND DJ 465 (FIG. 2)
116 × 83 × 30 cm, 117 × 82 × 30 cm, 55 × 60 × 28 cm
Th ee pa s o ala ge limes one block, which belonged o he heme o he queen o e seeing
he o e ing b inge s.
This block ea u es he op o he scene, showing awinged sola disc wi h wo u aei abo e
he queen’s i les and epi he s. Abo e his scene, he e used o be he Xk w ‑ ieze, which
co e ed ano he laye o he blocks; some aces o e ‑ca ing a e isible on he op o he
block DJ451A. The igu e o he queen, o which only he op o he head is p ese ed on his
block, was ca ed unde nea h he insc ip ion, and emale a endan s and o e ing bea e s
a e depic ed on bo h sides o he .
The queen’s i les and epi he s a e w i en in se en columns, eading om igh o le :
1mAA @ % X 2w [ H s w Hz ] 3sm @ 4m @w ‑@ a nb 5imAxw 6m nT w nbw 7Hm nzw % ‑ib‑
@ – “1She who sees Ho us and Se h, 2G ea [one o he H s ‑scep e, G ea o P aise], 3Com‑
panion o Ho us, 4Belo ed o Ha ho e e y day, 5Re e ed, 6Belo ed o all he gods, 7King’swi e,
Se ibho ”.
This insc ip ion inc eases he numbe o his queen’sa es ed i les and epi he s (see also
Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020a: 1035). I o e s ala ge a ie y han he p e iously unco e ed
comple e insc ip ion on he queen’sg ani e column, which eads: mAA @ % X w H s w Hz
Hm nzw m . – “She who sees Ho us and Se h, G ea one o he H s ‑scep e, G ea o P aise,
King’swi e, Se ibho ” (Megahed– Jánosi– Vymazalo á 2019: 32).
The newly a es ed pa s o he queen’s i ula y in his elie a e a he in e es ing. Unlike
sm @ (Jones 2000: 897, no. 3293), which appea s qui e o en wi h Old Kingdom queens, he
epi he m @w ‑@ a nb in his pa icula o m is so a una es ed. We can, howe e , ind
simila ly cons uc ed epi he s wi h he a ‑nb ‑elemen wi h he sligh ly ea lie Queen Khen ‑
kausII1 and P incess Kheke e neb y2 as well as wi h he somewha la e Queens Nebe 3 and
Me e i esII.4 The o me h ee cases e e o kings, no dei ies, while he las one shows he
a ‑nb ‑elemen in wo di e en epi he s, bo h o which e e o dei ies. The ea lies a es ed epi‑
he in he o m m + dei y + a nb, e e ing o Ha ho , is Queen Se ibho ’s. The Six h Dynas y
1 Fo Khen kaus, he epi he has he o m m N ‑i ‑kA ‑Ra a nb (Bo cha d 1909: 68, ig. 73), which,
howe e , e e s o he king ‑husband, no agoddess like in Se ibho ’scase.
2 The epi he is only pa ly p ese ed: […] Izzi a nb (Ve ne – Callende 2002: 28, ig. B15), and i is
again he king who is men ioned he e.
3 Asligh ly di e en a es a ion, as he epi he does no s and by i sel bu is associa ed wi h he
king’swi e’s i le Hm nzw m . a nb (Callende 2011: 200; Mun o 1993: Ta . 30).
4 Two di e en a es a ions, including m +Hw y nT w a nb and Hz .s @w ‑@ a nb (see Callende 2011:
291). The o me is he closes pa allel o Se ibho ’s i le, whe eas he la e has Hz .sins ead o m
bu e e s o Ha ho .
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Me e i esII held wo simila epi he s, m + dei y + a nb and Hz .s+ dei y + a nb, he o me
wi h Tho h and he la e wi h Ha ho . This seems o co espond o he high impo ance o
Ha ho in associa ion wi h Old Kingdom queens, which is e lec ed in he deco a ion o hei
py amid complexes (Jánosi 1996: 151–152; see also Jéquie 1933: 15, ig. 8).
Ano he epi he om Se ibho ’sinsc ip ion, he epi he m nT w nbw (Jones 2000: 446,
no. 1670), is usually used o kings (Callende 2011: 264). Ne e heless, i is also a es ed la e
wi h Queen AnkhenespepyII (Ga dine – Pee – Če ný 1955: pl. IX). Se ibho seems o be he
ea lies a es ed emale holde o his epi he in he Old Kingdom.
I can be no iced ha he a es ed i les and epi he s o Queen Se ibho a e no compa able
o hose o he queens ‑mo he s, o ins ance Ne e he epes and Khen kausII ( o hei i les,
see Callende 2011: 161–163, 175–177; see also Ro h 2001: passim), and no e idence sugges ing ha
Se ibho was aking’smo he has been ound ye (Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020a: 1034–1037).
The shape o he omb, i.e. he py amid complex, canno be an indica ion o amo he /wi e
s a us o i s owne (Jánosi 1992: 56). On he o he hand, Se ibho ’sa es ed i ula y seems o be
in good ag eemen wi h he i les o he wi es o he kings o he Fi h Dynas y, o ins ance
Nebe and Khenu , who li ed sligh ly la e han Se ibho ( o hese queen’s i les, see Callende
2011: 192–193, 200, 205).
Fig. 2 Th ee ma ching agmen s o a block, DJ451A–B and DJ465 (pho o P. Košá ek, d awing E.Maje us)

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Besides he insc ip ion, he elie also shows apa icula ly in e es ing deco a i e mo i
o awinged sun disc, which is depic ed abo e he queen’sinsc ip ion. Awinged disc was i s
a es ed in he oyal monumen s om he ime o Sno u (Ćwiek 2003: 83) and awinged sun
disc wi h wo u aei can i s be ound in e idence om he eign o Nyuse e (Schonkwile
2014: 67, 89). The winged sun disc was closely associa ed wi h he concep o each ule ’sin‑
ca na ion o Ho us and his deceased p edecesso s (Ga dine 1944: 46–52; Ćwiek 2003: 345),
being acombina ion o he sun (Re), he alcon (Ho us) and Nekhbe and Wadje p o ec ing
he Two Lands (see Ga dine 1944: 48–49; Ćwiek 2003: 314–315 and oo no e 1302; Schonkwile
2014: 3, 91). In some a es ed examples, we can ind amen ion o Behde y on he sides o he
depic ion (Jéquie 1933: 42, ig. 22), which clea ly indica es ha he mo i e e ed o his o m
o Ho us (see also Schonkwile 2014: passim; see also, o ins ance, We b ouck 1941; Bo ego
Galla de 2004).
Due o i s kingship ‑associa ed symbolism, he mo i o he winged sun disc is no e y com‑
mon in he monumen s o queens in he Old Kingdom ( o b ie in o ma ion on he deco a ion
o he une a y emples o he queens, see Jánosi 1996: 123–180). This can be due o he bad s a e
o p ese a ion o hese ombs. The e a e, howe e , some a es ed examples da ing o he Six h
Dynas y. We can ind he winged sun disc, o ins ance, on he g ani e lin el o he en ance
o he monumen o Ipu II (Jéquie 1933: 42, ig. 22), whe e i is, howe e , ca ed abo e he
insc ip ion ha e e s o bo h he king and he queen. Asimila example wi h e e ences o
he king is known om he py amid complex o Nubune (Lab ousse 1999: 133). On he o he
hand, he winged sun disc in he monumen o Queen AnkhenespepyII e e s o queen as he
mo he o King Pepy II, so he king’sau ho i y is p esen he e as well (Lab ousse 1999: 153;
Callende 2011: 259 ig. 99). Two a es ed examples om he monumen o Queen Me e i esII
also shows his mo i (Lab ousse 1999: 147; Be ge ‑El Nagga 2005: 29 ig. 20; he second block
is ye unpublished) and he p ese ed pa s o he ollowing insc ip ion clea ly include he
king’sca ouche. Ye ano he example o awinged sun disc has been eco ded abo e he igu e
o Queen Sebu e in he elie om he omb o Rehe yshe nakh om sou h Saqqa a (Be ‑
ge ‑El Nagga – Lab ousse 2005: 16, ig. 2; S ünkel 2006: 152–153; S ünkel 2018: 351–353, 470–471).
Ve y small agmen s o he same mo i come om he monumen s o Queens Behenu (ye
unpublished) and Inenek (Pay audeau 2015: 211, ig. 1).5 These Six h Dynas y examples hus
seem o e e o he queens’ connec ion o he king.
On he o he hand, he mo i o he winged sun disc wi h u aei on he block om he
monumen o Se ibho seems o be associa ed wi h he queen only, and no e e ence o any
king is p ese ed on hese elie agmen s.6 A he momen , we canno en i ely exclude ha
a e e ence o he king may ha e exis ed in he bo om pa o he scene, which is no p e‑
se ed. Howe e , he winged sun disc wi h u aei cons i u es ye ano he indica ion o Queen
Se ibho ’sspecial posi ion in he la e Fi h Dynas y, as she is he ea lies queen o whom his
5 Iwould like o hank Philippe Collombe and Ma ie ‑Noëlle F aisse o kindly sha ing wi h me he
in o ma ion on he unpublished blocks unco e ed by he F ench a chaeological mission a he si e
o Pepy I’spy amid complex a Saqqa a.
6 I is wo h men ioning ha awinged sun disc wi hou a e e ence o he king is a es ed in queenly
monumen s om he Middle Kingdom a Dahshu , o ins ance a he lin el abo e he en ance o he
no h chapel o Khneme ne e hedje We e I(S ünkel 2018: 470–471). See also he abo e ‑men ioned
example o Sebu e .
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deco a i e mo i is a es ed. E en hough no e idence a ailable indica es ha she would ha e
held i les o a ule o i les o aking’smo he / egen , he monumen and elemen s o he
deco a i e p og amme emphasise he special s a us wi h kingly ea u es (Mou si 1987; Jánosi
1989; Megahed 2011; Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020a; Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020b).
Unde nea h he queen’sinsc ip ion, he scene ollows wi h asmall pa o he op o he
head o he queen’s igu e, depic ed acing igh . The p ese ed pa o he igu e shows ha
he queen wo e ahai band deco a ed wi h s ipes, ied a he back o he head wi h wo
papy us ‑shaped endings. This ype o headband is well a es ed o queens (as well as non ‑ oyal
women) in he Old Kingdom (Che pion 1989: 67–68, c i è e 44; S ehelin 1966: 146–154; see also
Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020b o o he a es a ions o his ea u e om Se ibho ’smonumen ).
Ag oup o emale o e ing bea e s is depic ed on asmalle scale in se e al egis e s on he
igh pa o he block in on o he queen. They a e acing le owa ds he queen and a e
sepa a ed om he igu e by means o a e ical hie oglyphic insc ip ion eading: in nD ‑H Apd
x nb n […] – “B inging gi s o bi ds, all good hings […]”. Ano he insc ip ion was ca ed
abo e hem, o which only in[ ] has been p ese ed. Two igu es we e ca ed in he uppe
egis e , o which he i s is shown ca ying bi ds in bo h o he hands, while he second
one is pa ly los and he gi s a e no longe isible. The ollowing egis e also con ained wo
igu es, bu only he ops o hei heads a e p ese ed on his block.
Behind he queen on he le side o he block, ano he g oup o emale a endan s is de‑
pic ed on he same scale as he p e ious g oup. Only he i s egis e wi h h ee emale igu es
is p ese ed. The ou line behind hem indica es ha his is he le end o he en i e scene.
The a endan s a e acing igh and ca ying a ious o e ings in hei hands. The insc ip ion
abo e hem eads: 1[…] x nb 2[…] n Sdd 3[…] m pH– “1[…] All good hings 2[…] aken 3[…]
om he bo de dis ic ”.
The le edge o he block, u he o he le o he ou line, con ains asmall pa o ano h‑
e scene, which ea u es apa o awing and a ail o aho e ing alcon, Behde y, acing le
( o he p o ec i e alcon, see also Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020b: 73–74; u he Schonkwile
2014: passim). Excep o he alcon’s ea he s, no hing is p ese ed o his second scene, bu
i is possible ha Behde y was depic ed abo e he queen’s igu e (see also he discussion in
Megahed– Vymazalo á 2020b: 73–74). Such examples a e known om he Six h Dynas y, wi h
he ea lies a es ed so a being he depic ion o Ipu I, he mo he o Pepy I(Fi h– Gunn
1926 II: pl. 56, no. 2), and Wedjeb en, he wi e o Pepy II (Jéquie 1928: 15–16, ig. 9; see also
Schonkwile 2014: 34)
The ollowing agmen s ha e been ound in he same a ea as he p e iously discussed la ge
pieces. Based on he scale o he igu es and he gene al ea u es o he elie s, hese agmen s
may ha e belonged o he igh side o he p e iously discussed block, o o ano he simila
scene showing emale o e ing bea e s.
DJ 442 (FIG. 3)
37 × 41 × 10 cm
This agmen ea u es he emains o wo igu es o o e ing bea e s acing le . The o me
igu e is en i ely los , bu we can see apa o abundle o lo uses, which we e mos likely
d aped o e he le a m. Conce ning he o he igu e, he body and legs a e p ese ed. The
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small aces o bi d ee indica e ha his emale igu e was holding abi d on he igh o ea m,
on which abag was also hanging, and she had aja on a ope in he le hand. The e ical line
behind his igu e shows ha his was he igh end o he egis e .
DJ 453A–B (FIG. 3)
12 × 16 × 16.5 cm
Asmall pa o a emale igu e has su i ed on hese wo small ma ching elie agmen s. She
was acing le , and only apa o he body, he le shoulde and le a m a e p ese ed on
he agmen s. She was holding along hin objec in he hand(s), possibly ahandle o a an.7
7 Fo compa ison, see he omb o Nebe ( o ins ance Mun o 1993: Ta . 14 bo om egis e , h ee i s
emale behind he queen).
Fig. 3 Relie agmen s DJ 442, DJ 453a+b, DJ 455 and DJ 462 (pho o P. Košá ek, d awing E. Maje us)
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DJ 455 (FIG. 3)
22.5 × 23 × 6.5 cm
Asmall elie agmen wi h he emains o wo emale igu es acing le . Bo h cal es and
ee a e p ese ed o he on igu e, whe eas only he op o one oo has su i ed o he
o he igu e.
DJ 462 (FIG. 3)
19 × 18 × 7.5 cm
This small elie agmen shows apa o a emale igu e acing le . He head and shoulde s
a e p ese ed on he agmen . She was holding a essel in he le hand in on o he ches .
In addi ion o hese ecen ly unco e ed elie agmen s om he 2020‑sondage o he sou h
o he queen’s emple po ico, i is possible o ind some o he examples ha ea u e emale
a endan s and o e ing bea e s. These we e disco e ed du ing ea lie exca a ion seasons in
he eas as well as sou h pa s o he queen’sp ecinc .
OTHER SIMILAR DEPICTIONS FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE QUEEN’S
MONUMENT
Among Queen Se ibho ’s elie s, no agmen s showing emale a endan s ha e been published
by Mohamed Mou si, bu se e al can be ound among he inds om Fakh y’sexca a ion in
box no. 103, which is labelled as el ‑ma‘bad el ‑malekah– “ he queen’s emple”. These agmen s
we e ound in 1952 in he une a y emple on he eas side o he queen’spy amid. The p ecise
place o disco e y o hese agmen s is, howe e , unknown.8
1/2258 (FIG. 4)
38 × 34 cm
This agmen ea u es pa s o wo emale igu es acing le , wi h pa s o hei bodies p e‑
se ed. The emales a e d essed in long gowns. The on igu e has he le a m along he body,
while he igh a m is no isible– i was p obably ben ac oss he ches . Asmall pa o he
hie oglyph m is p ese ed in on o his emale. The second igu e is almos en i ely los ;
only he belly and highs ha e pa ly su i ed. In on o he , he e is a e ical hie oglyphic
insc ip ion: imy( )‑ A xn (w ) Hs(w )– “( emale) o e see o musical pe o me s and singe s”.9
8 The elie s ound by Ahmed Fakh y a e labelled only wi h he numbe s unde which hey we e
egis e ed, whe eas he “DJ” numbe s come om he exca a ions o he cu en mission.
9 Fo adiscussion on he xn w , see o ins ance Guegan (2020: 112–116). Fo he i le, see also Jones
(2000: 303, no. 1106); he a m de e mina i e occu s in he Hsw – “singe s” (see Jones 2000: 302, no.
1105).
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Se ibho ’sp ecinc s in he coming seasons. We a e hoping ha each new piece o e idence
will help us b ing his p elimina y/pa ial discussion on Queen Se ibho and he unusual
monumen u he .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This pape was w i en wi h he suppo o he P og amme o he De elopmen o S udy
a Cha les Uni e si y, no. Q11: Complexi y and Resilience: Ancien Egyp ian Ci ilisa ion
in Mul idisciplina y and Mul icul u al Pe spec i e, and he non ‑in es men subsidy no.
MSMT‑1‑VEG2021, no. 227/2021‑8. The explo a ion o he si e was also suppo ed by he Czech
Science Founda ion g an no. GA18‑03708S: T ans o ma ion o he Ancien Egyp ian Socie y
in he La e Fi h Dynas y Acco ding o he E idence om Djedka e’sPy amid Complex.
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