Tomb TT192, located in the

necropolis A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead". The term usually im ...

El-Assasif El-Assasif ( ar, العساسيف) is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif contains burial ...

Thebes, Egypt , image = Decorated pillars of the temple at Karnac, Thebes, Egypt. Co Wellcome V0049316.jpg , alt = , caption = Pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall, in ''The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia'' , map_type ...

, is the tomb of Kheruef, also called Senaa, who was Steward to the

Great Royal Wife Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife ( Ancient Egyptian: ''ḥmt nswt wrt'', cop, Ⲟⲩⲏⲣ Ⲟⲩⲣϣ), is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, who served many official ...

Tiye Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the daughter of Yuya and Thuya. She became the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. She was the mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhamun. I ...

, during the reign of

Amenhotep III Amenhotep III ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(.w), ''Amānəḥūtpū'' , "Amun is Satisfied"; Hellenized as Amenophis III), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different ...

. It is located in El-Assasif, 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 ...

TT192 complex

The tomb of Kheruef is large enough to have several later tombs associated with it, or placed within its substructure. These tombs date from the

19th Dynasty The Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XIX), also known as the Ramessid dynasty, is classified as the second Dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC. The 19th Dynasty and the 20th Dynasty fur ...

all the way to the late period. * Tombs

TT189 Tomb TT189 is located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt. It contains the sepulchre of Nakhtdjehuty (or Nakht-Thuty), who was an overseer of the carpenters of the northern lake of the god Amun and the head of the goldworkers in th ...

(annex), TT190 (Esbanebdjed) and TT191 (Wahibre-nebpehti) have their entries on the east side of the north wall of the courtyard of Kheruef's tomb. The tombs date to the Late Period. * Tombs

(Nakhtdjehuty) and

TT194 Tomb TT194, located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of Thutemhab (Djehutyemhab), who was an overseer of the marshland-dwellers of the Estate of Amun and a scribe in the temple of Amun during the Nineteenth Dynasty ...

(Thutemhab) have entrances off the east side of the courtyard of TT193. A stela of

TT193 Tomb TT193, located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of Ptahemheb, who was a magnate of the seal in the treasury of the Estate of Amun during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Ptahemheb's tomb is part of the TT192 t ...

is located in front of these structures. * Tombs

TT195 Tomb TT195, located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of Bekenamun, who was a scribe in the treasury of the Estate of Amun during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Bekenamun's tomb is part of the TT192 tomb complex. ...

(Bakenamun), TT196 (Padihorresnet),

TT406 Tomb TT406, located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of Piay, a scribe of the offering table of the Lord of the Two Lands dated to the Ramesside period. It is located in El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis. ...

(Piay) and TT364 (Amenemhab) have entries located on the south wall of the courtyard. * Tomb

TT407 Tomb TT407, located in the necropolis of El-Assasif in Thebes, Egypt, is the tomb of Bintenduanetjer, who was the Chamberlain of the Divine Adoratrice, and dates to the Saite period. The tomb is located off the south side of the first column ...

(Bintenduanetjer) is located off the south side of the first columned hall of Kheruef's tomb.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

Decoration

The reliefs in the tomb contain depictions of Tiye, Amenhotep III (shown as a weak and elderly figure in some decorations) and

Akhenaten Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...

(named as Amenhotep). Hence, its decoration program started late in the final years of Amenhotep III and the earliest phase of Akhenaten's reign.

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TT192 complex

Decoration

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