DIDIA

Didia is known by 3 monuments :

1 A wooden pallete

preserved in Louvre museum un reference N.2274 .

2 One stela preserved too in Louvre :

reference AE/C.50 , this stela mesured 80 cm high and 48.5 cm width . It is engraved on two faces .
It is scuptled in hight relef , concerning deities and incised relief for the rest .

Vue du Recto
Middle = triade ( from left to right : Horus , Osiris and Isis )

In the hanger we can read :
( from right to left )

Offrande which gave the King and Osiris , the first of western people , Unennefer lord of alive and Horus born from
Isis . That gave all good things and pures , that they made libation of wine and beer , that they smell the north wind for the Ka of the chief of draftsman of Amun Didia
born from the chief draftsman of Amun Hatya , justified .

And after in the right part of hanger , starting in middle :
( lrft to right )
the King , and Isis the mother of Horus who live in the easten province
according to his faces , who give illumination in the sky , the power on earth , justified in the necropolis , who follow Sokar who command the neck of the day of divine festival Ity , for the Ka of the chief draftsman .
of Amun : Didia and the mistress of house Iouy .
At the level of the gods 's heads , in left part :
Horus , Isis 's son , lord of the sky
, in the center : Osiris Firts of western people , lord of Abydos
and finally in the right part : Isis the great mother of god , mistress of sky .
At the divinities legs level :
Nebpehtyrê ( = Ahmes I^st , the founder of the XVIII^th Dynasty ) ,
between Horus and Osiris :Amset and Hapy who are before the sacred place
, between Osiris and Isis Duamutef and Qebehchenuef who are in momification
and finally at the right of Isis :Menkheperrê ( = Thoutmes III ) .
In center , facing the deceased :
verticaly the chief of draftsman of Amun , Didia justified .
In center facing the deceased's wife :
The mistress of house , the singer of Amun , Iouy , justified .

Verso view
Center top = the reliquaire of Abydos , vith gods facing
bottom the decease with his wife making libations .

In the left hang we can read :
( de droite à gauche )
in the highest part :

after the text continue verticaly :

Always in the hang , sin the right part of the stela , top ( from left to right ) :

after verticaly

In the lunette we can see the two eyes Oudjat :

which are above the symbol of Ta Ur , that it means Abydos with in left of the top of the sign Ta Ur :

, that is the first of western , followed by the prenomen cartouche of Amenhotep I^st :

Djeserkarê .
Right to the sign Ta ur we found the qualification name of Osiris :

Unen Nefer , itself folowed by the cartouche of Ahmes Nefertary :

, wife of Amenhotep I , both are masters of the theban necropole .
Below of this row , seated are : Nephthys , Hathor , Anubis facing to left to the center . On the opposite part , symetricaly :Isis , Maât , Thot, this two groups are framed by the western sign :

, with a brief text in left corner :

and

in right corner we have :

followed by

In the central part , under the table , we find four horizontal rows :
( ro be read right to left )

Under this 4 rows the stela is divided in two parts , symetricaly from a central column :
( to be read from left to right )

For the left part of table , in 8 rows :
( to be read from right to left )

For the right part of the table , on 8 rows too :
( to be read from left to right )

Always on either side the central column , left a man squatted who made a libation , with offerings under the vase . Right , a squatted woman who made , too , a libation with a large vase .
Behind the man we can read lire :
( right to left ):

Behind the woman we have :
( to be read from left to right )

3 A stela

from a temple of XI^thdynasty in Deir el Bahari . This steal is in the British Museum under reference 706 .

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