TT255

Theban tomb  TT255
Burial site of Roy
Floor plan of TT255
TT255
Coordinates	25°44′15″N32°37′28″E / 25.7375°N 32.6245°E / 25.7375; 32.6245
Location	Dra' Abu el-Naga', Theban Necropolis
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Roy and Nebtawy in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC)

The Theban Tomb TT255 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The sepulchre is the burial place of Roy, a royal scribe, and his wife Nebtawy (nicknamed Tawy), who lived at the end of the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Horemheb. In addition to being a scribe, Roy was an overseer of the estates of both Horemheb and the god Amun. ^[1]

The tomb is small, consisting of only one chamber with a stele niche and burial shaft, but it is well decorated. ^[1] It is one of two tombs in Dra' Abu el-Naga' that is open to the public. ^[2] The tomb is reached via a single ornamented chamber measuring only 4 by 1.85 metres that is carved out of the rock and has a funerary stela in a niche at the far end. ^[3] The real burial chamber is reached via a funeral tomb-shaft that extends into the deep (to the right of the entryway). The tomb faces south-east and its corners are rounded and none of the walls are flat. ^[4] The wall immediately to the left-hand side of the entrance is divided into four registers. Roy and his wife are seen before a man who is bringing a calf, and there are scenes of ploughing and pulling flax. ^[2] Around the tops of the walls a frieze of Hathor heads, Anubis jackals and the titles of Roy and his wife can be seen. ^[2]

Gallery

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  A vivid relief of TT255 depicting Roy and his wife in the afterlife.
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  Another relief of TT255 showing Roy and his wife in the afterlife
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  A relief scene of cattle being brought before Roy in TT255

See also

• List of Theban tombs

References

1. Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind L. B. Moss (1960). Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings I. The Theban Necropolis Part 1. Private Tombs (PDF) (1970 reprint ed.). Oxford: Griffith Institute. pp. 339–340. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. "Tomb of Roy (TT255)". Egyptian Monuments. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
3. Tomb of Roy 255
4. Tomb of Roy 255

Further reading

• Foucart, George; Baud, Marcelle; Drioton, Etienne (1928). "Tombes thébaines Nécropole de Dirâ Abû'n-Naga: Le tombeau de Roÿ (1928)". Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (in French). 57. Le Caire: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

External links

• Media related to Tomb of Roy TT255 at Wikimedia Commons