TT156

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Theban tomb  TT156
Burial site of Pennesuttawy
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Location Dra' Abu el-Naga', Theban Necropolis
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Pennesuttawy
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)
Egyptian hieroglyphs

The Theban Tomb TT156 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Pennesuttawy, who was a troop commander and superintendent of the Southern Desert Lands [2] during the reign of Ramesses II in the Nineteenth Dynasty. [1]

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The tomb was already known to Champollion. He had given it the number 43.

The tomb consists of a hall, pillared hall, a shrine, and a burial chamber.

Finds from the tomb include a brick of Pennesuttawy (now in the Philadelphia University Museum). The tomb was later reused during the 21st Dynasty and the 22nd Dynasty. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part I. Private Tombs, Griffith Institute. 1970, 265–266, ASIN   B002WL4ON4
  2. 1 2 Kitchen, Kenneth A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated and Annotated Translations: Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions Translations) (Volume III) Wiley-Blackwell. 2001 ISBN   978-0-631-18428-7