el-Chocha
El-Chocha is an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Thebes-West east of Deir el-Bahari . The place served mainly as a burial place for officials of the First Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom .
location
Coordinates: 25 ° 43 ′ 57.7 " N , 32 ° 36 ′ 45.8" E
The necropolis el-Chocha is on an access road to Qurna and close to the roads leading to the mortuary temples of Deir el-Bahari. It consists of two parts: a small hill in the north and a valley in the south. This southern valley lies exactly between the tombs of al-Asasif and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna and divides them. Not far away, to the south of the el-Chocha necropolis, is a mortuary temple of Thutmose III. ( Hut-henket-anch Men-cheper-Re = "The temple (name) chamber of the life of Men-cheper-Re (Thutmose III.")).
Duration
The area is characterized by a particularly high density of graves. Here are the oldest Theban rock tombs . Four decorated graves are from high officials from the late Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period . Most of the tombs were laid out in the New Kingdom, especially in the 18th Dynasty and the Ramesside period . There are also many undecorated and unexplored graves, some of them from the Middle Kingdom .
The most important tombs
| dig | owner | title | time | dynasty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old empire | ||||
| TT413 | Unasanch | " Nomarch ", " Chief of Upper Egypt " | 5th / 6th dynasty | |
| First split | ||||
| TT185 | Seniqer | " Hereditary Prince " | ||
| TT186 | Ihi | " Nomarch " | ||
| TT405 | Chenti | " Nomarch " | ||
| New kingdom | ||||
| TT294 | Amenhotep | " Barn master of Amun " | Hatshepsut - Thutmose III. | 18th dynasty |
| TT200 | Dedi | " Governor of the Western Desert " | Thutmose III - Amenhotep II | |
| TT47 | Userhet | " Head of the royal harem " | Amenhotep III. | |
| TT48 | Amenemhet-Suter | " Supreme Court Manager ", " Cattle Manager of Amun " |
Amenhotep III. | |
| TT181 | Nebamun and Ipuki | " Supreme sculptor of the Lord of the Two Lands ", " Sculptor of the Lord of the Two Lands " |
Amenhotep III. | |
| TT49 | Neferhotep | " First scribe of Amun " | Tutankhamun - Eje | |
| TT254 | Mosi | " Treasurer of the Treasury " | Tutankhamun – Eje | |
| TT32 | Djehutimose | " Supreme headmaster of Amun " | Ramses ii | 19th dynasty |
| TT183 | Nebsumenu | " Supreme Headmaster ", " Headmaster in the house of Ramses II. " |
Ramses ii | |
| Late period | ||||
| TT392 | unknown | usurped Ramessid grave | ||
| B.3 | Bunch | " Head Chef of the Amun District " | ||
See also
literature
- Friederike Kampp-Seyfried : Thebes, el-Khokha. In: Kathryn A. Bard: Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 806-807.
Individual evidence
- ↑ F. Kampp-Seyfried: Thebes, el-Khokha. London 1999, pp. 806-807.