TT33

The grave TT33 ( English Theban Tomb 33 ) is located in the necropolis of al-Asasif in Thebes- West in Egypt . It was laid out by the chief reading priest Petamenophis shortly before or during the reign of Pharaoh Psammetich I ( 26th Dynasty ).

exploration

The grave was discovered in the 19th century. Johannes Dümichen had examined it and was planning to publish his research in seven volumes. However, he died in 1894 shortly before the third volume , which was published posthumously by his student Wilhelm Spiegelberg . The investigations were therefore stopped and the grave was locked. It was reopened on December 7, 2005 and is being examined by a team led by the Strasbourg Egyptologist Claude Traunecker .

description

This tomb is not far from the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings , but it is larger than all of them in size and design. Two forecourts with pylons are in front of the entrance . Its total length is over 100 meters and the 22 rooms are spread over three floors down to 20 meters underground.

The walls are covered with an extraordinarily extensive collection of "classic" works of the afterlife:

almost all underworld books from the New Kingdom:
- Amduat ,
- Gate book ,
- Cave book ,
- Book of the earth scenes,
Sun litany ,
Book of the Night ,
Pyramid Text - coffin text - and Totenbuch a vibrant,

Furthermore:

Mouth opening ritual ,
Awakening of Osiris ,
Astronomical ceilings, including dean lists C ,
"The King as Sun Priest".

literature

Claude Traunecker, Isabelle Régen: La tombe du prêtre Padiaménopé: éclairages nouveaux . In: BSFE . tape 193–194 , 2016, pp. 52–83 (French, Academia.edu [accessed July 16, 2017]).

Web links

Website of the " Mission épigraphique française dans la tombe TT 33 " (fr)
Plan and description of the grave.
Grave opening in December 2005. (English)
Egypt - The mystery of tomb 33. ( Memento from April 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes Dümichen : The tomb palace of Patuamenap in the Theban necropolis . 3 volumes (1884-1894). Hinrichs, Leipzig, doi : 10.11588 / diglit.3360 .
↑ Tombe thébaine n ° 33. Retrieved July 6, 2019 (French).
↑ Alexandre Piankoff: Les grandes compositions religieuses dans la tombe de Pédéménope . In: BIFAO . tape 46 , 1947, pp. 73-92 (French, BIFAO en ligne [accessed July 16, 2017]). Daniel A. Werning: The cave book. Text-critical edition and text grammar (= Göttinger Orientforschungen, 4th row: Egypt . Volume 1 , no. 48 ). Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06635-8 , pp. 323 .
^ Daniel A. Werning: Das Höhlenbuch im Grab des Petamenophis (TT33): scenes, texts, wall panels (= Berlin Studies of the Ancient World . No. 66 ). Edition Topoi, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-9820670-0-1 , doi : 10.17171 / 3-66 . ; Daniel A. Werning: The cave book. Text-critical edition and text grammar (= Göttinger Orientforschungen, 4th row: Egypt . Volume 1 , no. 48 ). Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06635-8 , pp. 42-45 .
^ Joshua A. Roberson: The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Earth (= Wilbour Studies in Egypt and Ancient Western Asia . No. 1 ). Lockwood, Atlanta 2012, ISBN 978-1-937040-00-0 .
↑ Silvia Einaudi: Le Livre des Morts dans les deux salles hypostyles de la tombe de Padiaménopé (TT33). Etude en cours . In: Julia Budka, Roman Gundacker, Gabriele Piecke (eds.): Florilegium Aegyptiacum. A scientific flower harvest by students and friends for Helmut Satzinger on his 75th birthday on January 21, 2013 (= Göttinger Miszellen . Supplements . Volume 14 ). Seminar for Egyptology and Coptic Studies at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen 2013, p. 59-74 .

25.734555555556 32.612222222222Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 4.4 " N , 32 ° 36 ′ 44" E

[1] Johannes Dümichen : The tomb palace of Patuamenap in the Theban necropolis . 3 volumes (1884-1894). Hinrichs, Leipzig, doi : 10.11588 / diglit.3360 .

[2] Tombe thébaine n ° 33. Retrieved July 6, 2019 (French).

[3] Alexandre Piankoff: Les grandes compositions religieuses dans la tombe de Pédéménope . In: BIFAO . tape 46 , 1947, pp. 73-92 (French, BIFAO en ligne [accessed July 16, 2017]). Daniel A. Werning: The cave book. Text-critical edition and text grammar (= Göttinger Orientforschungen, 4th row: Egypt . Volume 1 , no. 48 ). Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06635-8 , pp. 323 .

[4] Daniel A. Werning: Das Höhlenbuch im Grab des Petamenophis (TT33): scenes, texts, wall panels (= Berlin Studies of the Ancient World . No. 66 ). Edition Topoi, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-9820670-0-1 , doi : 10.17171 / 3-66 . ; Daniel A. Werning: The cave book. Text-critical edition and text grammar (= Göttinger Orientforschungen, 4th row: Egypt . Volume 1 , no. 48 ). Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-447-06635-8 , pp. 42-45 .

[5] Joshua A. Roberson: The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Earth (= Wilbour Studies in Egypt and Ancient Western Asia . No. 1 ). Lockwood, Atlanta 2012, ISBN 978-1-937040-00-0 .

[6] Silvia Einaudi: Le Livre des Morts dans les deux salles hypostyles de la tombe de Padiaménopé (TT33). Etude en cours . In: Julia Budka, Roman Gundacker, Gabriele Piecke (eds.): Florilegium Aegyptiacum. A scientific flower harvest by students and friends for Helmut Satzinger on his 75th birthday on January 21, 2013 (= Göttinger Miszellen . Supplements . Volume 14 ). Seminar for Egyptology and Coptic Studies at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen 2013, p. 59-74 .