Saqqara - Tomb of Nefer and Companions

Some 55yd/50m farther east from the Tomb of lru-kaptah Khenu on the south side of the causeway leading to the Pyramid of Unas, is the Tomb of Nefer and Companions (Fifth Dynasty), probably the family or communal tomb of a guild of singers. It has a single chamber 26ft/8m long, with nine tomb shafts. In one of these was found the mummy of a naked man, adorned only with a necklace of blue beads, lying on his side with his legs slightly bent, as if asleep. The walls, faced with plaster, display a rich variety of reliefs. On the left hand (east) wall are five rows of scenes from everyday life, including woodworkers, farming scenes and a rare and informative scene - the launching of a boat. On the right hand wall the dead men are depicted with their wives at a funeral banquet. On the south wall, from left to right, are Nefer and his wife Khonsu receiving votive gifts, a man leaning on his staff accompanied by his wife and Nefer at table eating the funeral meal.