Sennedjem

Sennedjem in hieroglyphics
	Shabti of the Sennedjem; Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New York City (86.1.22)

Anubis over a mummy in the tomb of Sennedjem

Osiris in the tomb of Sennedjem

Sennedjem was an ancient Egyptian artist and builder in the 19th dynasty under the kings Seti I and Ramses II. He worked on the graves in the necropolis of Thebes-West and also created a tomb for himself and his family.

This burial site ( TT1 ) was discovered in Deir el-Medina in 1886 . It is one of the few intact graves, because it was still sealed when it was found and is decorated with numerous paintings. The scenes depicted in the burial chamber provide illuminating information about ancient Egyptian mythology , such as the ancient Egyptians' belief in life after death.

The pictures and hieroglyphic inscriptions tell that Sennedjem's father was called “Chabechnet” and that he was married to “Iineferti”, with whom he had ten children. The names of the four sons and six daughters are also documented: Chabechener, Bunachtef, Rahotep, Chonsu, Irunefer, Taasch-sen, Hetepu, Ramessu, Anhotep and Ranehu.

A replica of the burial chamber is in the Museum for Communication in Nuremberg .

literature

Abdel Ghaffar Shedid: The tomb of Sennedjem. A 19th dynasty artist's grave in Deir el-Medineh. von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-1756-5 .
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. 1–5, Map VII ( PDF file; 21.9 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
Toby Wilkinson : Who's Who in Ancient Egypt. von Zabern, Mainz 2008, ISBN 978-3-8053-3917-9 , pp. 237-238.

Web links

Tomb of Sennedjem with map On: aegyptologie.com ; last accessed on December 1, 2016.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b 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. 1970, p. 1.
^ Museum for Communication Nuremberg (ed.): The grave of Sennedjem in Deir El-Medine. ( PDF file; 481 kB ).

personal data
SURNAME	Sennedjem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient egyptian builder (artist)
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	13th century BC BC or 12th century BC Chr.

[PM-1] A ^b 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. 1970, p. 1.

[2] Museum for Communication Nuremberg (ed.): The grave of Sennedjem in Deir El-Medine. ( PDF file; 481 kB ).