The Theban

Tomb A tomb ( grc-gre, τύμβος ''tumbos'') is a :wikt:repository, 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 ...

known as MMA 60 is located in

Deir el-Bahari Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri ( ar, الدير البحري, al-Dayr al-Baḥrī, the Monastery of the North) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of ...

. It forms part of the

Theban Necropolis The Theban Necropolis is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of the Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom. Mortuary temples * Deir el-Bahri ...

, situated 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

Luxor Luxor ( ar, الأقصر, al-ʾuqṣur, lit=the palaces) is a modern city in Upper (southern) Egypt which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of ''Thebes''. Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-a ...

. The tomb is the burial place several high ranking individuals dating to the

21st Dynasty The Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXI, alternatively 21st Dynasty or Dynasty 21) is usually classified as the first Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, lasting from 1077 BC to 943 BC. History After the r ...

People buried in MMA 60

* Djedmutesankh A - Chief of the Harem of

Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...

. * Henuttawy B - Daughter of

Pinedjem I Pinedjem I was the High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 1070 to 1032 BC and the ''de facto'' ruler of the south of the country from 1054 BC. He was the son of the High Priest Piankh. However, many Egyptologists today believe that t ...

and Duathathor-Henuttawy *

Henuttawy C Henuttawy or Henettawy, was an ancient Egyptian princess and priestess during the 21st Dynasty. Biography Henuttawy was probably a daughter of the Theban High Priests of Amun, Theban High Priest of Amun Menkheperre and of Isetemkheb C, herself d ...

- Chief of the Harem of Amun, Flutist of

Mut Mut, also known as Maut and Mout, was a mother goddess worshipped in ancient Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush in present-day North Sudan. In Meroitic, her name was pronounced mata): 𐦨𐦴. Her name means ''mother'' in the ancient Egyptian la ...

, and God's Mother of

Khonsu Khonsu ( egy, ḫnsw; also transliterated Chonsu, Khensu, Khons, Chons or Khonshu; cop, Ϣⲟⲛⲥ, Shons) is the ancient Egyptian god of the Moon. His name means "traveller", and this may relate to the perceived nightly travel of the Moon a ...

, probably a daughter of the Theban High Priest of Amun

Menkheperre Menkheperre, son of Pharaoh Pinedjem I by wife Duathathor-Henuttawy (daughter of Ramesses XI by wife Tentamon), was the High Priest of Amun at Thebes in ancient Egypt from 1045 BC to 992 BC and ''de facto'' ruler of the south of the country. ...

and of

Isetemkheb C Isetemkheb (Asetemakhbit) is the name of several noble and royal women from Ancient Egypt. * Isetemkheb A, Chief of the Harem of Amun-Re, Wife of Pinedjem I ( 21st Dynasty) * Isetemkheb B, Chief of the Harem of Min, possibly the daughter of Ma ...

* Menkheperre C - God's Father, Priest of Amun-Re, son of Fai-en-Mut, grandson of

Piankh Piankh was a High Priest of Amun during the 21st Dynasty. Chronological and genealogical position While the High Priest of Amun Piankh (or Payankh) has been assumed to be a son-in-law of Herihor and his heir to the Theban office of the High Prie ...

* Ankhesmut * Tabeketmut * Nesenaset Kathlyn M. Cooney, Changing Burial Practices at the End of the New Kingdom: Defensive Adaptations in Tomb Commissions, Coffin Commissions, Coffin Decoration, and Mummification, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, p. 17 - Chantress of Amun * Tiye - Chantress of Amun * Gautsoshen A - Chief of the Harem of Montu. Buried in Pit 4. Daughter of the High Priest Menkheperre and wife of Tjanefer A.Kenneth Kitchen, pp 67,534 The original burial was for the three ladies Djedmutesankh A, Henuttawy B and

. The tomb was later reopened and the Priest of Amun Menkheperre was buried alongside the three women. The tomb would continue to be reopened and further burials would be made, including Tabeketmut and Ankhesmut. 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. 24-28

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