Maiherperi

By Bro. Reggie Mabry

Maiherperi was an Ancient Egyptian noble of Nubian origin buried in the Valley of the Kings, in tomb KV36.

He probably lived during the rule of

Djhutims or Thutmose IV see Glyph

- Menkheperure, means "Established in forms is Re, and received the honour of a burial in the Valley of the

Kings, the royal necropolis. His name can be translated as Lion of the Battlefield,.[1]

Amongst his titles were

Child of the Nursery and Fan-bearer on the Right Side of the King. He was among the first during the New

Kingdom to hold the second title, and was literally true in that he was by the pharaoh's side, likely as an advisor

or bodyguard.This same title was also used to denote the Viceroys of Kush later in the New Kingdom. –

citations omitted see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiherpri

From another source:

The small tomb of Maiherpra (a name meaning "the lion on the battlefield") was discovered in 1899 in the Valley of the Kings (KV

36), near the tomb of King Amenhotep II. Burial in the royal valley was a rare privilege for a commoner, but evidently Maiherpra was

no common person. Although it was the first substantially intact burial discovered in the valley in modern times, it and its owner never

attracted a great deal of attention due in part to the rapid rate of discoveries at the time and also that the tomb was never adequately

published. Both, however, are fascinating. Although rifled in antiquity, the tomb still contained a cedar sarcophagus and the gilded

anthropoid coffins, inside which the mummy of Maiherpa lay with a gilded cartonnage mask still in position. A winding cloth around

the body bearing the cartouche of Queen Hatshepsut shows that Maiherpra had access to the royal storerooms. His burial, however,

probably dates somewhat later than the reign of Hatshepsut, some believe to the time of her successors Tuthmose III or Tuthmose IV.

Around him had been placed a wealth of other objects including a bowman's set (quiver, arrows, bracers) and collars for his dogs. In

addition there was a beautifully illustrated Book of the Dead papyrus (now in Cairo) made especially for Maiherpra, showing him as

he actually looked, for when the mummy was unwrapped in 1901, the well-preserved body of a man about 24 years of age with dark

skin and short dark curly hair was revealed. The hair later was found to be a wig, but his Nubian connection is clear, and became even

more obvious after the discovery by Howard Carter in the following year. In a small rock hollow just above the tomb, Carter found

two leather loincloths carefully folded in a wooden box bearing Maiherpra's name.

Maiherpa was clearly a man of status. He was the first to bear the title fanbearer, a title of high distinction later borne by the men in

charge of administering Nubia, the Viceroys of Kush. The fanbearer was a trusted personal friend of the king, who not only carried a

feathered fan alongside pharaoh at public ceremonies but also formed part of his personal bodyguard. Maiherpra probably knew the

king from childhood. His title, child of the royal nursery, indicates that he was raised in the palace and educated with the princes and

princesses. Many have speculated on his origins. Some suggest he was the king's son by a Nubian queen, although he does not

mention a bodily connection. Perhaps was a son of a Nubian chief brought to the Egyptian court in accordance with the New Kingdom

pharaoh's practice of indoctrinating the sons of foreign rulers to promote good relations with Egypt in the long term, although this

practice is not documented until later in the New Kingdom. Alternatively, he need not have come from very far away, as our work is

showing, he may have been the descendent of one of the wealthy Nubian families that had been resident at the Hierakonpolis for

generations. - http://interactive.archaeology.org/hierakonpolis/field/maiherpa.html

Lastly on brief history - The papyrus in question was the Book of the Dead, in the eyes of O'Connor and Cline

"[c]ertainly the most famous and arguably the most beautiful" Book of the Dead. – see Eric H. Cline, David B.

O'Connor, Thutmose III: A New Biography, University of Michigan Press 2006, ISBN 0-472-11467-0, p.315

For more information see N. Reeves and R. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (1996) and J. Romer, Valley of the Kings

(1981).

Images

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28397988@N06/2860137113/

Soldiers found mummified in tombs, such as Maiherpri, were found with their equipment including bows,

arrows, quivers, and wrist guards. Some soldiers were buried with their wrist guards still wrapped around their

wrist.

The Mailherpri Per Em Heru

In Sir Wallis Budges variations of the Per Em Heru, he left out the Mailherpri Papyri all together. The

Mailherpri papyrus was the most problematic of Papyruses because Mailherpri was indistinguishably Dark Skin

African unlike the many other illustrations which are Ethiopian Phenotypes. And the many illustrations do not

go into the formula sequence where the illustrations do not look like the actual person but of a standard

illustration to be applied to the subject. Maiherpri’s Per Em Heru is of a Highly unusual standard which to

African people in Intellectual Warfare, should be the Standard and the document that we base all other Per Em

Heru documents on. In addition, the images show a few very unusual points. One being that on the Scale it is

the Flesh of Maiherpri that is being balanced against his Heart (Ab). Also, there is a very unusual depiction of

the lack of fire and the Ba Bird is clearly Black African. Lastly, this dispels the Myth that the funerary

processions were only for the Nwsuit and certainly there was no Skin Color Issue as European Racist Historians

have always suggested. With the Maherpri papayrus these matters simply go away.

However, the Maiherpri Papyrus has not become a classical publication and must be on the list for Black

Scholars to publish.

Illustrations - http://www.osirisnet.net/docu/musees/caire/e_papyrus.htm

In closing, Nfol Tegum and the Black Lotus Civilization and I will hopefully give you some translations and

other in sites of the Text on their Blog Talk Radio Show and this will certainly be a followed research project.