TT217, or Tomb of Ipuy, is the tomb of the

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian artisan Ipuy and members of his family 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). ...

, near modern

Luxor Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 263,109 in 2020, with an area of approximately and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. It is among the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited c ...

, Egypt. Ipuy (also transcribed as Apy) was a sculptor active in the reign of

Ramesses II Ramesses II (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses) (; , , ; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Pharaoh, Egyptian pharaoh. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty. Along with Thutmose III of th ...

of the

Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt 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 of Egypt, New Kingdom period, lasting from 1292 BC to 1189 BC. The 19th Dynasty an ...

. TT217 is situated on the upper terrace in the western cemetery of the ancient workmen's village of Deir el-Medina. The complex consists of a chapel within a walled courtyard and at least 10 subterranean rooms. The chapel's decoration depicts craftsmen at work in addition to daily life scenes. The tomb was first published by

Jean-Vincent Scheil Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (born 10 June 1858, Kœnigsmacker – died 21 September 1940, Paris) was a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist. He is credited as the discoverer of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. In 1911 he came into possessio ...

in 1894 but its location was later lost. The tomb was rediscovered by

Arthur Weigall Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall (1880 – 3 January 1934) was an England, English Egyptologist, stage designer, journalist and author whose works span the whole range from histories of Ancient Egypt through historical biographies, guide-book ...

in his 1911-12 excavation season and subsequently excavated by the Metropolitan Museum in 1912 and 1920, and by

Bernard Bruyère Bernard Bruyère (10 November 1879 – 4 December 1971) was a French Egyptologist. He was one of the discoverers of the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Biography Born in Besançon, Bruyère devoted a large part of his career to archaeological excavations ...

in the mid-1920s. Since 2020

Kathrin Gabler Kathrin Gabler (born 1984 in Ingolstadt) is a German Egyptologist. She is the current professor of Egyptology at the University of Mainz, a German U15 research university, and a specialist on Deir el-Medina prosopography, Hieratic script, and Eg ...

has carried out further investigation and documentation of the tomb.

Gallery

Building a Catafalque, Tomb of Ipuy MET 30.4.116 EGDP019715.jpg, Building a Catafalque Fishing and Fowling, Tomb of Ipuy MET 30.4.119 EGDP021826.jpg, Fishing and Fowling Garden Scene, Tomb of Ipuy MET vs2973.jpg, Garden Scene Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children (substantially restored) MET DT10890.jpg, Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children (restored) Man Making a Net, Tomb of Ipuy MET DP251446.jpg, Man Making a Net Winemaking, Tomb of Ipuy MET 30.4.118 EGDP022609.jpg, Winemaking

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TT217 Project website
Theban tombs Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century BC