MMA 56

The Theban Tomb known as MMA 56 is located in Deir el-Bahari. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Lady Ankhshepenwepet, also called Neb(et)-imauemhat, who dates to the 25th Dynasty. Ankhshepenwepet was a Singer in the Residence of Amun and an attendant of Shepenwepet I.[1] It was excavated by Herbert E. Winlock on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in 1923–24.

Theban Tomb MMA 56
Burial site of Ankhshepenwepet
Inner coffin of Ankhshepenwepet
LocationDeir el-Bahari
DiscoveredTwenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Excavated byDiscovered and excavated by Winlock during the 1923-24 season
Decorationnone

The tomb was a pit burial. The body of Ankhshepenwepet had been removed but the tomb still held the coffin, a set of shabtis and the remains of a pet gazelle.[2] Among the finds were a small statue of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, an offering table and Ankhshepenwepet's dummy canopic jars.

  • Offering table
  • Ptah-Sokar-Osiris statue
  • Dummy canopic jar with the head of Imsety
  • Shabtis
  • The inner coffin

Ankhshepenwepet
in hieroglyphs

See also

References
  1. Jean Li, The Singers in the Residence of the Temple of Amen at Medinet Habu: Mortuary Practices, Agency, and the Material Constructions of Identity, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 47 (2011), pp. 217-230
  2. H. E. Winlock, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 19, No. 12, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Egyptian Expedition 1923-1924 (December 1924), pp. 30-31
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