The Theban Tomb TT37 is located in

El-Assasif El-Assasif () 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 burials from the Eighteent ...

. It forms 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 ...

, situated on the west bank of the

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opposite

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 ...

. The tomb is the burial place 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

Harwa The ancient Egyptian official Harwa was the Chief steward of the God's Wife of Amun, Amenirdis I, during the 25th Dynasty. His tomb, TT37, is located in El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the West Bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor ...

, who was Chief Steward of the

God's Wife of Amun God's Wife of Amun ( Egyptian: ''ḥm.t nṯr n ỉmn'') was the highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important religious institution in ancient Egypt. The cult was centered in Thebes in Upper Egypt during the Twenty-fifth and Twen ...

, Amenirdis I, during the

25th Dynasty The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXV, alternatively 25th Dynasty or Dynasty 25), also known as the Nubian Dynasty, the Kushite Empire, the Black Pharaohs, or the Napatans, after their capital Napata, was the last dynasty of t ...

. Harwa was the son of the scribe Pedemut and his wife Estawert.

Bertha Porter Bertha Porter (1852–1941) was an English biographer and bibliographer known for her editorial role in the compilation of the ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings''. Early life Bertha Porter ...

, Rosalind L. B. Moss, Ethel W. Burney: ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs.'' Second Edition, revised and augmented.

Griffith Institute The Griffith Institute is an Egyptological institution based in the Griffith Wing of the Sackler Library and is part of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, England. It was founded for the advancement of Egyptology and Ancient ...

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, Oxford 1970, pp. 64, 68–69, Map IV.
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; from ''The Digital Topographical Bibliography''. The tomb consists of a portico, which opens to a pillared court. The court is decorated with scenes showing offerings to Ra- Harakhti, hymns, the mummy of Harwa on a couch, and offerings. At the back of the court the entrance to

TT404 The Theban Tomb TT4 is located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian artisan (his exact title was Servant in the Place of Truth) named Q ...

the tomb of Akhamenru, the Chief Steward to the Divine Adoratrice, who served Amenirdis I and Shepenupet II is located. Close to the entrance to TT404 is also the entrance to the outer hall where Harwa is depicted seated with a table of offerings and an offering list. From the outer hall one passes to the inner hall where Harwa is shown being led by

Anubis Anubis (; ), also known as Inpu, Inpw, Jnpw, or Anpu in Ancient Egyptian (), is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine hea ...

. From the outer hall on passes to the shrine where Harwa appears with Anubis before the Western Goddess. The shrine contains a

false door A false door, or recessed niche, is an artistic representation of a door which does not function like a real door. They can be carved in a wall or painted on it. They are a common architectural element in the tombs of ancient Egypt, but appeared p ...

with a statue of

Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wikt:wsjr, wsjr'') was the ancient Egyptian deities, god of fertility, agriculture, the Ancient Egyptian religion#Afterlife, afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was ...

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