TT359

The Theban Tomb TT359 is located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian workman Inherkhau, who was Foreman of the Lord of the Two Lands in the Place of Truth during the reigns of Ramesses III and Ramesses IV.[2] He also owned Tomb TT299. Inherkau was the son of the similarly titled Foreman Huy. Inherkau's wife was named Wab.[3]

Theban tomb TT359
Burial site of Inherkhau[1]
LocationDeir el-Medina, Theban Necropolis
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The outer chamber of the tomb contains offering scenes with Inherkau, his wife and their son Kenna. Scenes include depictions of the Book of Gates, the Book of the Dead, and two rows of Kings, Queens and Princes.[2]

Inherkau and his wife before the Lords of the West, Lepsius Denkmahler. Top row, right to left: Amenhotep I, Ahmose I, Ahhotep I, Ahmose-Meritamun, Sitamun, Siamun,?, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Ahmose-Tumerisy, Ahmose-Nebetta, Ahmose Sapair; Bottom row, right to left: Ahmose-Nefertari, Ramesses I, Mentuhotep II, Amenhotep II, Seqenenre Tao, Ramose?, Ramesses IV, ?, Tuthmosis I.[4]

In the inner chamber scenes including Inherkau and his son Harmin are included. The chamber also contains a scene at a doorway depicting Ahmose-Nefertari and Amenhotep I (Berlin Museum 2060-1). Other items from the tomb include a lucarne-stela now in the Oriental Institute in Chicago (no. 403) and a coffin likely belonging to Inherkau's wife.[2]

  • Doorway from TT 359 depicting Ahmose-Nefertari and Amenhotep I
  • Ra as a cat attacking Apep
  • Representation of the deified queen Ahmose-Nefertari. From Tomb TT359, Neues Museum, Berlin
  • Representation of the deified Amenhotep I. From Tomb TT359, Neues Museum, Berlin

See also

References
  1. "The burial chamber of Inherkhau". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  2. 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, pp 421-4 ASIN: B002WL4ON4
  3. Porter and Moss, pg 380
  4. Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004, p 123. ISBN 0-500-05128-3


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