Khabekhnet was an Ancient Egyptian artisan. Khabekhnet lived in

Deir el-Medina Deir el-Medina ( arz, دير المدينة), or Dayr al-Madīnah, is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of ...

on the west bank of the

Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...

, opposite Thebes, during the reigns of

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is oft ...

. He was a son of

Sennedjem Sennedjem was an Ancient Egyptian artisan. Sennedjem lived in Set Maat (translated as "The Place of Truth"), contemporary Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, during the reigns of Seti I and Ramesses II. Sennedjem had ...

and Iyneferti, and was married to Sahti and probably Isis. He was buried in Tomb

TT2 Theban Tomb TT2 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 official, Khabekhnet, and his family. Khabekhnet was Servant in the Pl ...

in the village necropolis.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 ASIN: B002WL4ON4 His titles included

Servant in the Place of Truth sḏm-ꜥš m st mꜣꜥt, usually translated as ''Servant in the Place of Truth'' is an ancient Egyptian title that is used to refer to someone who worked in the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes. Set-Maat ( egy, st m� ...

, meaning that he worked on the excavation and decoration of the nearby

royal Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

tombs A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called ''immuremen ...

. The scenes in

show many of the relatives of both Khabekhnet and Sahte. Khabekhnet's children include his sons Sennedjem II (named after his grandfather

, Piay, Bakenanuy, Kha and likely men named Mose, Anhotep, Amenemheb are sons as well. Daughters include Webkhet, Mutemopet, Isis, Nofretkau and Henutweret. A statue additionally provides names of daughters Roy, Nodjemmut and Wabet. Benedict G. Davies, ''Who's who at Deir el-Medina: A Prosopographic Study of the Royal Workmen's Community'', Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1999, Khabekhnet (i) in TT 1: pg 44–45, Khabekhnet in TT 2 and TT 335, pg 45–47 Khabekhnet's brother Khons and sister Henutweret are mentioned as well as Sahte's brother Wadjshemsu and her sister Henutwa'ti. Sahte also appears in the tomb of her brother Nakhtamun ( TT335). This scene places Khabekhnet and Sahte in the first half of the reign of

.Benedict G. Davies, ''Who's who at Deir el-Medina: A Prosopographic Study of the Royal Workmen's Community'', Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1999, Khabekhnet in TT335, pg 46–47, Chart for Genealogy of Sennedjem (7)

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Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt 13th-century BC Egyptian people {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub