Room V

Taken from room IV, and show the entry into room V and, at the far end, the beginning (west side) of the north wall. These images also show, in the north-west (top left) corner, the door between V room and room VI.
The thickness of the doorway is decorated on both sides by a procession of porters with offerings, laden with fruits, with birds, with vases containing flowers, trays and baskets filled with breads, meats and vegetables intended the "ka of Memi". These continue on the following walls, in either a clockwise () or an anti-clockwise direction.

Kagemni, who is illustrated on the north wall, next to the entrance to room VII (), receives the products of the fields which are provided for his funerary worship. Thus he sees the procession of servants laden with the various goods approaching in front of him ( and ), which finish up - magically - in room VII, the one for the offerings.

A similar image of Kagemni appears at the east end of the south wall (). The photo also shows the adjoining part of the east wall, from which it can be seen that a new procession starts here, heading towards the doorway into room VII. But from the detail found over this doorway () they actually continue towards the rear of the figure of Kagemni on the north wall.
On the section above the doorway to room VII, there are three sub-registers. The bottom row shows chests containing vases and on the left is a strange assembly including a fan and a flail resting on what can only be a bed. Above, the first row of men is constituted of scribes carrying different scolls. Note that in front of the first one of them has been added his name ().
Take note of the first three men in the top register and the curious disposition of their arms. If the gestures of the first and the third are those of greetings, then the attitude of the one of the middle is very perplexing.

Room VI

It is in this room that a funeral shaft of a later period was found. At the time of its creation, some damage was inflicted to the walls, notably to the north wall and partially to the west (, the two dressed stones belong to the secondary burial).

The remaining decor of the west wall is similar to that of the east wall (), showing in the lower register slaughtered beasts, lying on their back, notably oxen.

In the second register, above, we find two representations of men pulling a sledge on which are represented two conically shaped objects, surmounted by double plumes (). What this refers to is totally unknown, but above the men can be seen four smaller versions.

In the third register, some men measure grain from large heap situated in front of them, grain which will then be transported to a silo.

Up again, one finds men transporting some chests on wooden poles.

The deceased, majestically represented on the south wall, supervises all these activities (). He is dressed in his short kilt, with the panther skin of the lector priest draped over him. Behind him are 15 men in five superimposed rows of three, the top row is barely visible. Among these is found Teti-ankh, and another son who doesn't have the honour to be named, a brother of Kagemni is also anonymous, and the "hem-ka". These last are priests (lit. servants of the ka), appointed to the cult of the deceased's "double", which is supposed to contain the substance of his vitality, his vital force, in the proper sense of the term. It is this metaphysical part of his persona that was capable of moving between the this world and the next, and to return to the deceased's mummy the vital essence which it had absorbed from the offerings (real or those shown on the walls).

Room VII

This chamber is reached from room V (, taken from inside the entry of room VII, shows the north-east corner of room VII and, directly ahead, the entry to room VIII).
In the thickness of the doorway, joining rooms V and VII, can be seen the traditional parade of porters with offerings ().

The whole focus of this long room is towards the wall at the rear, to the west, which includes the false door ().

1) - The north and south walls

These have a symmetry of themes, even though variations of details exist. Both include multiple porters with offerings, men or women, priests of the Ka, etc. All move towards the rear, where a seated Kagemni awaits them, with his back towards his false door ( and and ).

Among the multiple details which show the interest that the Egyptians often especially showed for the animal kingdom the period of the Old Kingdom - what should be noted is the precision of the representations. As for example: this hedgehog in cage (), these small calves at play () but which doesn't stop them showing a dead calf being transported in a basket (), etc. What does remain dubious, in front, is the representation of two ibexes in a basket: it is quite possible that it represents an ornamental accessory ().

2) - The west wall

This is entirely occupied by the false stela door ( and ).
It is raised above the level of the floor, and approached by a flight of steps. Its upper part is missing, but on the whole it remains very well preserved.

Its right and left uprights are formed of three engraved panels, each being inset deeper toward the middle, achieving a stepped aspect. They each carry vertical columns of hieroglyphs, pointing out the deceased's titles, and his two names (Kagemni and Memi).

The central, very narrow opening is painted in orange and is surmounted by a thin roller bearing the name of Kagemni. As in a terrestrial dwelling, this roller is the equivalent of the blind protecting an opening without door.
Through this opening, situated directly above of the underground funeral chambers, the Ka of Kagemni could leave and re-enter the sarcophagus, and come to satiate himself from the food offerings which were presented for him in front of the stela door.
If by misfortune his funerary cult should fall into oblivion, the Ka always had at his disposition the representations on the walls, which magically assumed the same role.

Above the roller, the deceased is represented seated in front of a table decorated with "thousands of breads, beer, alabaster, head of livestock, etc., achieving that which Egyptological jargon names a "placard". This formula of wishes was also intended for the living, who had to recite it in a loud voice, so that it became a reality in the beyond.

Turning around, facing the east wall, in can be seen, on the right, the return entry to room V. Whilst on the left is the entry to room VIII.

Room VIII

By turning left, when facing the east wall of the offering chamber, entry is gained to this final room (), passing between the lines of porters represented on the thicknesses of the doorway ().
The room represents an extension to room VII and is decorated entirely with offerings and porters with offerings. The preservation of colours is very striking. The upper part of the walls is much better than in the other rooms.

1) - West wall

Immediately after having cleared the entry to the room, the west (left-hand) wall continues the procession of the porters which started in room VII, continued from the thickness of the doorway, and stops only at the east extremity of the north Wall.
Six teams of men, distributed on the two lower registers, pull sledges laden with enormous vases of oil (, and ).
They continue to the scenes on the north wall, heading for its eastern extremity where Kagemni awaits them. Each of these two registers is again surmounted by a broad band of hieroglyphs.
The upper registers are incomplete in places and all have very little colour. The two immediately above the porters, are of boxes containing even more vases, the one above these has a vast array of vases of various designs.

2) - North wall

(, , and ). The two lower registers, which display porters, are each surmounted by a broad band of sculpted hieroglyphs.
The porters of the bottom register carry in their hands a long unidentifiable object, and which has been speculated to be a roll of material (). If this is the case, would it be so amazingly rigid? The men of the register above carry either large vases (), or they carry something round which could be a necklace. Some of the men are designated priests of the Ka. Kagemni stands magnificently at the eastern end of the wall to receive the many gifts ().
Like the west wall, the upper registers contain a great number and variety of vases; again with minimal colour other than that of the background.

3) - East wall

Its lower half includes a total of twenty porters arranged in two rows and which have the characteristic of being divided symmetrically into two sub-groups, by a visible middle line. Those of each half heading toward the nearest Kagemni figure, either on the north or south wall. In the upper part of the wall, can be found stacks of vases, chests, etc. These are also separated into north and south groups by the central dividing line. Yet again the upper registers only contain the blue-gray coloured background.

4) - South wall

Its reliefs have suffered more than the others. They however remain well preserved over of the doorway, although without colour.
Under this scene, through the doorway (), can be seen the succession of rooms which followed from the far south wall of room V (room VII being immediately to the right).
At the extreme east end of the wall is the standing figure of Kagemni, a match for the one on the north wall, although with rather less colour on his upper torso (, right). Note how the sceptre, which he holds in his right hand, can be seen in front of his kilt, whilst on the north wall it is correctly shown behind it, but due to the way which Egyptian artists drew people, the shoulders would indicate that to our eyes it was in his left hand.

The underground chambers

The walls of the two rooms are covered with scenes of offerings and inscriptions, including a large list of offerings.
The sarcophagus bears the name and the titles of Kagemni. The plunderers displaced its lid. The limestone box section actually contained a wooden coffin with various remnants and bones belonging to the great nomarch, whose mummy had been smashed to steal the amulets and other precious objects which it contained. The excavators have found very little of the funeral furniture, primarily crockery. Canopic vases were also present, although broken.