Harwa

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Block statue of Harwa in the Louvre.

The ancient Egyptian official Harwa was the Chief steward of the God's Wife of Amun, Amenirdis I, during the 25th Dynasty.

His tomb, TT37, is located in El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the West Bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. [1] The tomb was excavated by the Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor, under the leadership of Francesco Tiradritti. They started the work in 1995. [2]

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References

  1. Bertha Porter, Rosalind L. B. Moss, Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs. Second Edition, revised and augmented. Griffith Institute/ Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1970, ASIN   B002WL4ON4 pp. 64, 68–69, Map IV. (PDF; 21,9 MB); from The Digital Topographical Bibliography.
  2. Who was Harwa? at the Wayback Machine (archived 2022-04-28)