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المستخلص
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Since the Old Kingdom, the funeral procession scenes were present in the Lombs in Meir, Giza, Sakkarra and Deir El Gabrawy such as the tombs of pipi ’nh, idw, mrrwk3, nhmshr, and ow that dates to the 5th & 6th Dyn. The funeral episodes and rites in the Old Kingdom were fluid and not yet canonized by sacred tradition. The first episode of the funeral usually started in the house of the deceased where women and men were separate The women used to mourn in the houses while men used to mourn outdoors 4 6. So, the women are usually shown in distress of mourning with gestures like beating the head and pulling the hair; they also utter words of grief like ”O my father, O my gracious lord”. Men also were shown pulling their hair and fainting in the Mastaba of idw.
In some tombs, like that of mrrw k in Sakkara, we see ladies with shaved heads to represent their grief and distress; this was not repeated again as probably this was rejected by the society. There, we see the journey by land and in boats ending at the tomb 8. Pl. (1) The coffin is carried by men in a cradle with long poles while real dignitaries precede and follow it. A woman symbolizing Isis or Nephthys with a legend drt, means the kite, follows the.