TT192, the tomb of Kheruef , whose birth name was Naa .

TT192, the tomb of Kheruef , whose birth name was Naa .

The north side of the vestibule

This carries a long hymn to the setting sun, and is read from right to left, around the remains of the dreadfully hammered out image of Kheruef. This text includes the names of Atum, Ra, Nun and Nunet (his consort goddess), of the gods (plural) of the mountain of the west, of Ma'at. The plural of the word god has been partially erased by the partisans of Akhenaten, who strangely didn't touch Nun and Nunet, even though the god of the primordial ocean, from whom came creation at "the beginning of time" had no connection with the Aten theology which banished the idea of 'first time'. (See 'Akhenaten and the religion of Aten').

The hymn concludes, as always, by a supplication of Kheruef: "That I am among your favourites, contemplating your beauty every day, I am the one who grasps the rope for hauling the barque of the evening and to moor the barque of the morning".

TT192, the tomb of Kheruef , whose birth name was Naa .

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