Hill of Qurnet Murai - Tomb of Huy

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a Nubian landscape (in the center a conical hut, flanked by doum palms, giraffes and Negroes) standing on a table covered with panther skins and fabrics; above, bowls of precious stones, gold rings, sacks of gold dust, gilded shields covered with colored skins, chairs, ebony benches, a chariot, etc.; the Nubian chiefs, almost all dressed in the Egyptian fashion, being received by Huy and his brother Amenhotep. In the top row, behind the chiefs, is their Princess in an ox cart, shaded by a parasol; she is followed by chieftains wearing ostrich feathers in their plaited hair and by two Negresses with pendulous breasts, one with an infant on her back and both holding a small boy by the hand. In the second and third rows are Nubians bringing gold, panther skins, a giraffe and oxen; between the horns of the oxen are Negroes' heads, and on the tips of the horns are Negroes' hands, raised in an appeal for mercy. Farther left are five rows of ships (the bottom rows much damaged); in the second boat are five Negro Princes, in those in the lower rows cattle and other goods. On the other side, near the corner pillar, Huy is seen presenting to the King the tribute from Syria, in particular costly gold vases. The other scenes are almost completely destroyed. On the right hand end wall, to the right and left, offerings are being presented to Huy; the inscription which would have occupied the intervening space was never executed. The rest of the decoration is destroyed.