TT71
| Theban tomb TT71 | |
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| Burial site of Senenmut | |
 Floor plan of TT71 | |
  TT71 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′00″N 32°36′29″E / 25.73333°N 32.60806°E |
| Location | Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban Necropolis |
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| Senenmut in hieroglyphs | |||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||
Theban Tomb TT71 is located in the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It was the tomb chapel of Senenmut, who was the steward and architect of Hatshepsut.[2] The chapel is located in the necropolis area around
Herbert Winlock cleared the whole tomb.[4]
Winlock found the fragments of a smashed sarcophagus.
Today the tomb chapel's decoration is almost totally gone. With its dimensions it is one of the biggest Theban chapels of the
stelae providing the name and titles of Senenmut.[9]
Above the chapel, cut into the rocks, there is a
block statue
of Senenmut.
It has always been a matter of confusion that Senenmut had two tombs. However, in the 18th Dynasty several high officials had one decorated tomb chapel and a second tomb with an underground burial chamber often not even close to the chapel. In some cases it can be assumed that they even had an undecorated burial chamber in the
Deir el-Bahri TT353 and is sometimes called Senenmut's 'secret tomb', as it has no chapel, which was in fact TT71.[10]
TT71 functioned most likely also as chapel for Senenmut's parents, who were buried close by and are depicted in the chapel.
Gallery
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Painting from the ceiling from TT71 Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Diamond shaped pattern from the ceiling from TT71 Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Painting from the ceiling of the tomb, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
See also
References
- ^ Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pp. 139–142
- ^ Senenmut: Ramose and Hatnefret
- ^ The false door (a)
- ISBN 0-87099-620-7
- ^ Dorman: The Tombs of Senenmut, pl. 8a
- ^ Dorman: The Tombs of Senenmut, pl. 8b
- ^ Dorman: The Tombs of Senenmut, pl. 11
- ^ Dorman: The Tombs of Senenmut, pl. 9
- ^ Examples of rock cut stelae (b–f)
- ^ Dorman: The Monuments of Senenmut, pp. 108–09