The
Theban Tomb TT40 is located in
Qurnet Murai, 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
Nile
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, opposite to
Luxor
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. It is the burial place of the
ancient Egypt
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ian
Viceroy of Kush named
Amenhotep called Huy, who lived during the end of the
18th Dynasty
The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ...
during the reign of
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, (; ), was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he instituted the restoration of the traditional polytheistic form of an ...
.
Huy was the son of a lady named Werner. His father is not known. Huy was married to
Taemwadjsy, chief of the harem of Amun and of the Harem of Nebkheperure (Tutankhamun). They had a son named Paser.
Tomb
In the tomb there is reference to a Temple named "Satisfying the Gods" in Nubia. Huy is shown being greeted there by Khay, High Priest of Nebkheperure (Tutankhamen), Penne, Deputy of the fortress of Nebkheperure (Tutankhamen), Huy, the Mayor, and Mermose, (his brother) the second prophet of Nebkheperure. Taemwadjsy was Chief of the Harem of Nebkheperure (Chief of the female attendants of the temple) at this temple.
On one of the walls in the tomb chapel is depicted a Nubian delegation coming to Egypt. One of the officials named there is the ''chief of Miam''
Heqanefer, who is also known from his tomb in Nubia.
[ N.d.G. Davies/A.H. Gardiner: ''The Tomb of Huy, Viceroy of Nubia in the Reign of Tutankhamun (no. 40)'' (The Theban Tombs Series, Memoir 4), London, 1926, p. l. 26] Another official shown in the tomb and known from other sources is
Paenniut.
A complete and detailed description of the tomb is given on Osirisnet (see External Links).
File:Nubian Tribute Presented to King Tutankhamun, Tomb of Huy MET DT221112.jpg, Nubian Tribute Presented to the King, Tomb of Huy MET DT221112
File:Nubian Prince Hekanefer bringing tribute for King Tut, 18th dynasty, Tomb of Huy.jpg, Nubian Prince Hekanefer bringing tribute for King Tut, 18th Dynasty, Tomb of Huy
File:Nubians bringing tribute for King Tut, Tomb of Huy.jpg, Nubians bringing tribute for King Tut, Tomb of Huy
See also
*
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 referred ...
References
External links
* Thierry Benderitter
Osirisnet.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century BC
Theban tombs