TT71
TT71 (Theban Tomb 71 - Theben, Grab 71 ) is a burial chapel part of the two-part grave of the steward and official Senenmut , who played a special role under the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut . The grave chapel corresponds to the designs of the Middle Kingdom .
description
The burial chapel is located in the Theban necropolis , the part called Sheikh Abd el-Qurna . It has a T-shaped floor plan and is one of the largest of its kind. In the front part there is a long transverse hall with eight columns and various niches. The rear part is a long tube that ends in another niche.
Here was the cult site of the tomb. The grave is badly destroyed today. Much of the former painting has completely disappeared. Noteworthy is the depiction of Cretan tribute-bringers , which is the earliest of its kind in Egypt. There was also a false door showing Senenmut and his parents.
This grave has no burial chamber. The burial chamber of Senenmut was found elsewhere ( TT353 ), so that TT71 was a place of worship where the cult of the dead for the civil servant and his family could take place. Interestingly, the parents of Senenmut are also shown in TT71 and had their grave nearby, without their own superstructure. The motif of the "parent image" is based on the same statements in graves of the Middle Kingdom.
See also
literature
- Peter F. Dormann: The Monuments of Senenmut (= Studies in Egyptology. ). K. Paul international, London / New York 1988, ISBN 0-7103-0317-3 .
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Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N , 32 ° 36 ′ 28.5 ″ E