He unique nature of the event may also be relected in the placement of each example in the tomb’s decorative scheme. he 2sss wsd scene is often located near elements highlighting royal descent such as titles (such as hm-t nsw-t) or adjacent to scenes showing strong royal iconography such as a throne. In addition, zss wsd scenes appear to have been separated
34 See Ankhnes-Meryre II [17] at Saqqara.
35 See Meresankh III [1] at Giza as well as Khenut [14] and Nebet [15] at Saqqara.
36 See Meresankh III [1] and her mother Hetepheres at Giza. his title has been erased from the inscriptions belonging to Kaiekhenet I [20] and less carefully in the case of his wife, Iui, at El-Hammamiya. See El-Khouli and Kanawati, El-Hammamiya, 17-18; E. Martin-Pardey, Untersuchungen zur dgyptischen Provinzialverwaltung bis zum Ende des Alten Reiches (HAB 1; Hildesheim 1976), 22, n. 3, 87; N. Kanawati, Governmental Reforms in Old Kingdom Egypt (Warminster 1980), 115.
37 See for example Khaef-Khufu II [6] (Baud, Famille Royale II, 541 [180]) and Iyimery [5] (K. R. Weeks, Mastabas of Cemetery G6000 (Giza Mastabas 5; Boston 1994), 5-8); Kaiedua [8] (Baud, Famille Royale I, 27, n. 105); Ti [13] (Baud, Famille Royale I, 20).
38 For a discussion of the architectural and artistic innovations in the reign of Niuserre, see M. Barta, ‘Architectural innovations in the development of the non-royal tomb during the reign of Nyuserre’, in P. Janosi (ed.), Structure and Significance: houghts on Ancient Egyptian Architecture (DOAW 33; Vienna 2005), 105-125, pls 1-11.
From the (presumably) more commonly represented and frequently undertaken activities of the tomb owner spearing fish, catching birds or on a pleasure cruise. For example, the tombs of Ti [13], Kaiemankh [10] and Mereruka [16] all include several marsh themes in their tomb, but in each instance the zss wsd scene is placed in a separate room.
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