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(LPH) and Paser, Mayor of the (5:22) City, with him, standing quarrelling with the men
of the Tomb near the Temple of Ptah, Lord of Thebes. ...
(6:24) I have set them (down) in a document before my lord, to have them investigated
promptly (‘in the course of the morrow’).”
(7:1) Year 16, 3° Akhet 21: on this day, in the great Lawcourt of the City (Thebes), (held)
beside the 2 upper(?) stelae, north of the esplanade of Amun, at the gateway of Dwa-(7:2)
rekhyt (“(where) the people adore”). Notables who sat in the great lawcourt of the City
(Thebes) on this day: (7:3) The City-governor and Vizier, Khaemwaset; the High Priest
of Amen-Re, King of the gods, Amenhotep; the <2"4?> Prophet of Amen-Re, King of the
gods, Nesamun, (also) Sem-priest of the Temple of Millions of Years (7:4) of the King
of S. & N. Egypt, Neferkare Setepenre (LPH); the Royal Cupbearer (wdpw nswt), Nesa¬
mun, Scribe of Pharaoh (L.P.H.); the Steward of the Estate of the Divine Adoratress,
(L.P.H.) of Amen-Re, King of the gods, (and) (7:5) Royal Cupbearer (wdpw nswt), Nefer¬
kare-em-per-Amun, Herald of Pharaoh; the Lieutenant of Chariotry, Hori; the
Standard-bearer of the (7:6) marines, Hori; the Mayor of the City (Thebes), Paser.
Then the City-governor and Vizier Khaemwaset caused to be brought in the coppersmith
Pakhuru, son of Kharuy; (7:7) the coppersmith Tjiroy, son of Khaemope; and the cop¬
persmith Peikamen, son of Tjiroy, — (all) belonging to the Temple of Usimare Meriamun,
under the the authority of the High Priest of Amun.
(7:8) Then said the Vizier to the high officials of the great lawcourt of the City (Thebes):
“This Mayor of the City (Thebes) put certain charges to the (7:9) administrators and
workmen of the Tomb in Year 16, 3rd Akhet 19, in the presence of the Royal Cupbearer
(wdpw nswt), Nesamun, Scribe of Pharaoh, it being about the great tombs in the Place
of Beauty (Valley of the Queens) (7:10) that he spoke out about. Now when I was there
as Vizier of the land (7:11) along with the Royal Cupbearer (wdpw nswt), Nesamun, Scribe
of Pharaoh, we examined the tomb-sites (“places”) (of) which (it was) said by the Mayor
of the City, (that) the coppersmiths (7:12) of the Temple of Usimare Meriamun (LPH)
in the Estate of Amun had attacked them. We found them intact; all that he had said
was found to be false (‘falsehood was found in all that he said’.). Now see, (7:13) the cop¬
persmiths stand before you. Let them tell of all that happened.”
Text edition:
Peet, T. E. The Great Tomb-robberies of the Twentieth Dynasty. Vol. II: Plates. Clarendon
Press, Oxford, 1930b, pls. 1-4.