Tomb TT191, located in the
necropolis of
El-Assasif in
Thebes, Egypt
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, is the tomb of Wahibre-Nebpehti, who was the chamberlain of the
Divine Adoratrice of Amun
The Divine Adoratrice of Amun ( Egyptian: '' dwꜣt nṯr n jmn'') was a second title – after God's Wife of Amun – created for the chief priestess of the ancient Egyptian deity Amun. During the first millennium BCE, when the holder of this ...
and the director of the festival from the time of
Psamtik I
Wahibre Psamtik I ( Ancient Egyptian: ) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664–610 BC. He was installed by Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empir ...
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Wahibre-Nebpehti's tomb is part of the
TT192 tomb complex. Wahibre-nebpehti was the son of Pedehor (a head of the outline draughtsmen) and Thesmutpert. Wahibre-nebpehti had a son who was named Pedehor after his grandfather. The son was also a chamberlain of the Divine Adoratrice.
[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]
See also
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List of Theban tombs
The Theban Necropolis is located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, in Egypt. As well as the more famous royal tombs located in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, there are numerous other tombs, more commonly referr ...
References
Theban tombs
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