The Theban Tomb TT10 is located in

Deir el-Medina Deir el-Medina (), 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 Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BC). ...

, part of the

Theban Necropolis The Theban Necropolis () is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, Egypt, Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of the Ancient Egypt, Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom of Egyp ...

, on the west bank of the

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, opposite

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. It is the burial place of the

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ian artisan (his exact title was Servant in the Place of Truth) named Penbuy, who lived during the 19th Dynasty. Penbuy shared his tomb with Kasa, also a Servant in the Place of Truth. The relation between the interred is disputed. From the evidence of stela Turin (N. 50037) it has been argued that Kasa was the son of Penbuy. However, the text in question refers most likely not to Penbuy, but to a woman, saying Kasa is ''her son''. The relationship between Penbuy and Kasa likely comes through Penbuy's first wife Amentetwosret. It is not clear however if Amentetwosret was Kasa's sister or daughter. File:Ägyptisches Museum Leipzig 159.jpg, Steles of Penbui, Ägyptisches Museum Leipzig

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The left side of the chapel shows several scenes of people offering to seated couples. Many of the names are illegible however. The right side of the chapel shows a scene depicting Kasa and his wife Bukha'nef with a daughter. In another register the tomb, four mummies and a funeral procession are depicted. The mummies seem to be Kasa, his son Nebamentet, his wife Bukha'nef and a lady of the house named Hathor. A son named Neferemsenut and a daughter named Sheritre are depicted standing before the mummies. In another scene a son of Kassa named Ptahmose is mentioned. Ptahmose's wife is named Sheritre.K.A. Kitchen, ''Ramesside inscriptions'', Vol 3: Translated and annotated. Notes and comments, 2000, pp. 493–500 On the ceiling of the chapel inscriptions again identify Kasa and his wife Bukha'nef, while another mentions Penbuy and his wife Amentet-wosret. In the innerchapel Penbuy and his brother Penshen'abu are shown before Amenhotep I. Ahmose Nefertari and the pharaohs Sethi I,

Ramesses I Menpehtyre Ramesses I (or Ramses) was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 19th Dynasty. The dates for his short reign are not completely known but the timeline of late 1290s BC, 1292–1290 BC is frequently cited ...

and

Horemheb Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab, Haremheb or Haremhab (, meaning "Horus is in Jubilation"), was the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1292 BC). He ruled for at least 14 years between 1319 ...

. In a nearby scene

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and the

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Paser are shown offering to

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and

Hathor Hathor (, , , Meroitic language, Meroitic: ') was a major ancient Egyptian deities, goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god R ...

.G. Meurer: ''Penbui-Wächter an der Stätte der Wahrheit, Eine prosopographische Untersuchung zu Deir el-Medine in der 19. Dynastie'', London 2015, , plates 32–34 Theban region, Deir el-Medina, Excavations in the mountain, 1906, photo 4 of 22 - Archivio fotografico Museo Egizio, Turin C02042.jpg, Excavations in the northern area of the necropolis, 1906. Above in the background, the entrance of the tomb TT10. Standard-bearing statue of Penbui, wood - Museo Egizio Turin C 3048 p01.jpg, Standard-bearing statue Penbui (C. 3048) Votive naos of Kasa, wood - Museo Egizio Turin C 2446 p01.jpg, Votive naos of Kasa , Museo Egizio, Turin (C. 2446). Votive naos of Kasa, wood - Museo Egizio Turin C 2446 p03.jpg, Votive naos of Kasa

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* Scans of Norman and Nina De Garis Davies
tracings of Theban Tomb 10
{{DEFAULTSORT:TT010 Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century BC Theban tombs Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt

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