Here, Kagemni, of which only his feet remain, was seated in front of a troop of fourteen dancers, dancer-acrobats and women clapping their hands and executing a stance which is difficult to imagine. The bodies are bent backwards, almost horizontally, while both of their arms and a leg are nearly vertical. The way it is represented, they would certainly fall over

Kagemni is found represented at heroic height on this wall, in a pastoral scene of breeding and taking care of the herds.    a herd crosses a ford. A peasant sitting in boat has the whole herd crossing while attracting the mother with a calf, which he holds by a foreleg and by a rope. The calf tries to swim while turning its head toward its mother and while mooing. This attracts the mother and the whole herd.At the rear of the herd a drover raises his stick to drive forward the last reluctant oxen. Behind him a man makes to cross the ford with a calf, undoubtedly very young, which he carries on his back ... it does not appear to be very happy (  Crossing the ford is dangerous, not just for the beasts, but also for the men. Indeed, besides the usual fauna of fishes, there are crocodiles and hippos to look out for. On the second register servants take care of the milking of cows, which have been tethered to stop the animals from moving (and to help keep away the ca...

   Kagemni, of whom only his feet remain, appears standing upright on a papyrus boat, itself slipping in the dense papyrus lined marshes whose plants are represented by upright stems. He is evidently fishing in the marshes. In front of him appears a small boat, also of papyrus, which transports three men dressed in a narrow belt and a flap of material allowing freedom of movement, which normally acts as a loincloth to cover their sex and save embarressment    The one of the rear, squatting on his heels, directs the frail craft. The one of the middle throws a line with several fishhooks (several different species of fish can be seen approaching). At the front, a character obviously makes a considerable effort to raise a heavy hooped net of fish. His minimal loincloth is raised around his shoulders. Among the represented species are: carp, mulet, mormyridae (elephant fish), catfish, synodontes, tilapia .... These Nile perch (which are nowadays still f...

 This spreads across part of the facade, on either side of the entry doorway. The text itself is thus divided into two symmetrical and complementary parts, which also show a complex nature. In the narration it is impossible to find, as anywhere else, a distinction between ideal good deeds, practical offices performed for the pharaohs, and pealing to the visitors. The three kinds are merged in a typically narrative style which takes into account the chronological stages of life. The spirit of the speech seems to exceed the traditional concept of a just and pious man, to describe his recent office of authority: the nomarch. Source: PM III, p.521. Publication: Urk. I 194-196; MIO 1 (1953), 210-226. Comments: Junker, Pyramidenzeit, p.54; Edel, Untersuchungen, § 53, p.68-71 ;  Janssen, Autobiografie, I Af 2; IIS 1, V 2, Bl 29, Bz 37, Dv 1, Hc 12-13. Translation : § 113  'The State Vizier, Kagemni, says: "I was the favourite of Isesi. I filled the task of civi...

The Titles of Kagemni also known as Memi As with all high officials, he was attributed with dozens of titles (53 in total), some of which were purely honorific, but some were of functions which he actually performed. He would have held many of these before taking on the high office of vizier. Hereditary Noble Count Chief Justice (literally: "He of the curtain" and of high status) Vizier Chief Lector Priest Gracious of Arm (The meaning of this title is not clear) Sole Companion Mortuary-priest of Anubis is unusual in this title Stolist-priest of Min Scribe of the God's Book Director of every Divine Office Master of the Secrets of the Sacred Language (Sole) Confidant ...