TT196

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TT196 (Theban Tomb = Theban grave number 196) is the modern name for the monumental grave complex of the chief asset manager of the divine wife of Amun Padihorresnet in Thebes , in Al-Asasif . Padihorresnet officiated for the wife of God Nitokris I under King Necho II (610 to 595 BC) in the 26th dynasty .

The grave complex is laid out over three levels. There is an adobe superstructure above the ground. There is an underground cult complex that is richly decorated. The actual burial chambers , which were found to be robbed during modern excavations, can be reached via shafts .

The superstructure

The mud brick superstructure is approx. 80 m long and consisted of three courtyards. The entrance was adorned by a 16.3 m wide pylon , the gate entrance was laid out in stone and labeled. During excavations, however, only fragments of the inscription were found. The pylon and the outer walls of the superstructure were decorated with a palace facade . Behind the entrance you get to a first courtyard, from there to a second courtyard, where there is also a staircase that leads to the underground cult facilities. The third courtyard behind it cannot be entered and has no access. The courtyards are otherwise undecorated.

Cult facilities

The underground cult complexes can be reached via a staircase that bends at right angles after a few meters and leads into an atrium, the long sides of which are each decorated with three pillars. From there you get to a roofed room and a short corridor to a hall with four side chambers, behind which there is another hall with three further side chambers. In almost all of these side chambers there are shafts that lead to deeper burial chambers and in which Padihorresnet and his family were buried. The underground cult complex is richly decorated with texts in sunk relief. These are mostly the title and name of the Padihorresnet, pyramid texts , a few coffin texts and numerous texts from the Book of the Dead . Images of the grave owner in front of various deities or images of the places in the book of the dead are often found above them as images for the texts. There are also scenes showing the grave owner in front of the sacrificial table. The ceilings are partially painted and show geometric patterns.

The burial chambers at the bottom were undecorated and found themselves robbed, although they still contained numerous remains of grave goods.

See also

literature

  • Erhart Graefe : The grave of Padihorresnet, chief asset manager of the divine consort of Amun (Theban grave no. 196). (= Monumenta Aegyptiaca IX. 2 volumes), Tunrnhout, Bruxelles 2003, ISBN 2-503-51370-0 .

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Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 3 ″  N , 32 ° 36 ′ 42 ″  E