Silsila - Funerary Niches

The road continues south from the Rock Chapel along the banks of the Nile, passing old quarries which were probably worked in Roman times, rock inscriptions and funerary niches. On the next rock, on the side facing the river, are three inscriptions: to the left Ramesses III before Amun, Mut and Khons; in the middle Sheshonq I is conducted by the goddess Mut into the presence of Amun, Harakhty and Ptah, with his son Yewpet, High Priest of Amun-Re and General in Chief, behind him; to the right Ramesses IX praying before Amun, Mut, Khons and Sobek.

Beyond this is a niche with a painted ceiling, on the left hand side of which, praying, is a clerk of the treasury named Tuthmosis. Another niche with a ceiling finely painted in spiral