A24 (grave)
Grave A24 was in the necropolis of Thebes-West near the modern place Luxor . The tomb belonged to the second Amun priest, Simut , who lived under the ancient Egyptian king Amenophis III. (ruled around 1388 to around 1351 BC) officiated. The numbering of the grave is modern. The tomb's decorated funerary chapel was seen and partially described by two travelers in the early 19th century. It seems to have since fallen victim to art thieves who cut the murals from the walls and sold them. The exact location of the tomb is no longer known today, but the tomb seems to have been in Dra Abu el-Naga .John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) visited the burial chapel and copied two scenes and inscriptions. He seems to have seen the chapel in good condition. Jean-François Champollion (1790 to 1832) visited the grave a little later and found it in a ruinous condition. He provided a brief description and copied some inscriptions. Five scenes can be reconstructed from the descriptions.
To the left of the entrance there was a scene showing Simut in front of a sacrificial table. On the wall to the right of the entrance, Simut also appears to have been depicted in front of a sacrificial table. On the left rear wall of the burial chapel there was a scene that showed Simut and his family twice on the boat hunting in the papyrus marshes. This scene was drawn and published by Wilkinson. On the same wall there may also be a scene of a grape harvest described and drawn by Wilkinson. On the right back wall (the back wall was probably split in half by a chapel in the middle) there were apparently scenes showing traders delivering goods.
literature
- Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs. 2nd revised and expanded edition. Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1970, p. 454 ( PDF file; 21.9 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Gardner Wilkinson: The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. Volume II. New edition revised and corrected by Samuel Birch , Dodd, Meat and Company, New York 1878, p. 107, no. 365 ( PDF file; 36.6 MB ); Retrieved from Internet Archive on January 14, 2018.
- ^ John Gardner Wilkinson: The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. Volume I. New edition revised and corrected by Samuel Birch , John Murray, London 1878, p. 381, no. 156 ( PDF file; 39.8 MB ); Retrieved from Internet Archive on January 14, 2018.
- ^ Lise Manniche: Lost Tombs, A study of Certain Eighteenth Dynasty Monuments in the Theban Necropolis. Kegan Paul International, London / New York, ISBN 0-7103-0200-2 , pp. 93-99.