Tomb of Idu (photo)

The tomb of Idu, numbered G 7102 in the Eastern cemetery, lies to the east of the tomb of Qar and to the north of the much older mastaba of prince Kawab. Only a few remnants of the tomb’s masonry are preserved today above ground. The first statue in the east wall of Idu’s tomb shows the standing figure of Qar, son of Idu. The statue is almost half as tall as the statue beside it. Qar is depicted naked and above his head is written: “king’s letter scribe in the presence, overseer of the meret-serfs, the well provided Idu; his son, his beloved, praised of him, sab-official, scribe, the well provided Qar.” On the top of the scene there remains part of the offering formula: “ an offering which the king gives, an offering which Anubis gives, he who is upon his hill, he who is in the place of bandaging, lord of the necropolis: that he be well buried in his tomb which is in the cemetery of the western desert, having grown very gracefully old, and that an invocation offering (bread, beer, cakes) come forth for him, for the well provided one before the great god, the king’s letter scribe in the presence, scribe of the meret-serfs, the well provided Idu.