C8 (grave)
The ancient Egyptian grave C8 was in the necropolis of Thebes-West near the modern place Luxor . The grave belonged to the head of the poultry farm of Amun Nacht, who was in office in the first half of the 18th dynasty . The numbering of the grave is modern. The tomb's decorated funerary chapel was seen and partially described by Jean-François Champollion and Ippolito Rosellini in the early 19th century. It seems since then to have either been the victim of art thieves who cut and sold the murals from the walls, or the entrance was spilled, causing knowledge of the tomb's location to be lost over time. The exact location of the tomb is no longer known today, but the tomb seems to have been in el-Qurna . The scenes from the grave are known only from descriptions. Some hieroglyphic texts have been copied.
To the right of the entrance the grave owner was shown in front of the sacrificial table. Behind him were peasants, a clerk and a man who was slapped on the shoulder. Other scenes in the tomb are described, but their location within the wall decoration is not mentioned. These scenes include scenes from agriculture or the tomb owner hunting in the marshes. There was probably a banquet scene. A stone lintel, which is now in the Petrie Museum, comes from the grave .
See also
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, pp. 459-460 ( PDF file; 21.9 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 38-39.