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TOMB CHAPEL OF KAPURE
Originally the plan of the structure included an entrance leading into an outer room with a connecting corridor to a chapel. Early excavators found decoration (painted and carved scenes and text) on only the walls of the connecting corridor and chapel. The chapel was the center of the mortuary cult, the place where funerary priests would perform rituals, recite spells, and leave offerings to ensure that the deceased would prosper in the afterlife. The focus of the chapel room is the false door, which represented the place where offerings would be made for the deceased. It was also the site where the spirit, which in theory could come up from the burial chamber and proceed forth from the inner niche, would take its sustenance. Several representations of Kapure, both standing and sitting, appear on the false door. The carved and painted decoration in the chapel focus on the figure of Kapure; several horizontal rows depict offerings and bearers that would provide the necessities that he required for his afterlife, such as wine, cosmetic items, foodstuffs, and clothing. Other scenes feature butchering and the presentation of meat offerings to the deceased. Hieroglyphic texts describe the activity and, in a few cases, document the speech of the workers. "Grasp [the foreleg securely]!" one says. His coworker responds, "I will do as you wish." |
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