mastaba of Meresankh III

G7530 - 40, the double-mastaba of Meresankh III .
and its rock-cut chapel, G7530sub.
Scene:
Meresankh stands behind her mother.
 The daughter has a short black wig encircled by a decorated headband which is fastened at the back with the two ends hanging down. This is an exception in the decoration of this tomb. She also has a choker around her neck, a large necklace, bracelets and anklets. Her long dress, which also has shoulder straps, is elaborately decorated below the breast with a beaded-net pattern. With her right hand she clutches a stem of papyrus and with the left she embraces her mother around her waist.

 At the stern, standing behind Meresankh, a boatman steadies the craft with a long black pole, but with his head facing behind him. He wears a white lotus flower around his neck and a white belt from which the end strips of cloth (from the fastening knot) hang down. The prow of the craft penetrates in the undergrowth of papyrus.