TT260
TT260 is the modern name of a small burial chapel in Dra Abu el-Naga , in West Thebes . It belongs to the user who may have been under Thutmose III. held the office of chief of the arable land of Amun .
The user's chapel consists of only one room that is 2.5 m long, 1.5 m wide and 1.8 m high. In front of this room carved into the rock there was a forecourt, which also served as a courtyard for grave TT261 . So far, no grave shaft belonging to the chapel has been found, but it can be assumed to be nearby. The decoration of the chapel is painted on. On the south wall you can see mainly death rituals and on the far right User and his wife Nubemwaset ( the golden one = Hathor in Thebes). The opposite wall shows the couple and musicians in front of them. This wall is mostly destroyed. It remains unclear whether the entire wall was decorated with a banquet scene, as the musicians suggest, or whether there were other scenes here. On the back wall of the chamber there is a painted stele , on the left and right of it in different registers priests in front of the mummy of the user performing various rituals . The entrance wall of the chapel has been largely destroyed, only images of servants setting up a bed and chair remain.
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literature
- Mohammed W. Nasr: The Theban Tomb 260 of User. In: Studies on Ancient Egyptian Culture (SAK) Volume 20, Hamburg 1993, pp. 172–202, panels 2–13.
Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 10.7 ″ N , 32 ° 37 ′ 18.3 ″ E