Following the publication of the Northern Cliff of Deir el-Gebrawi, the
Australian Centre for Egyptology has undertaken a season of re-recording
the tomb of Ibi and other surrounding smaller tombs on the Southern
Cliff. Originally recorded by Davies in 1900 and published in 1902, the
tomb of Ibi represents an important document on the administration and
the provincial life in the period Merenre to early Pepy II. Ibi was an
important governor of two provinces, Nos. 8 and 12 of Upper Egypt and
was probably linked to the royal in-laws at Abydos. The new publication
includes new line drawings showing the present condition of the scenes
and inscriptions, accompanied by line drawings of the same scenes
retraced from Davies' publication. As the decoration of these tombs was
done in painting, all the photographs are published in colour and
showing the present condition of the walls after a major conservation
program by the ACE in conjunction with the Egyptian Supreme Council of
Antiquities.