TT15 explained

Theban:yes
TT15
Owner:Tetiky
Location:Dra' Abu el-Naga'
Excavated:Howard Carter (1908)
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The Theban Tomb TT15 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Tetiky,[1] who was Mayor of Thebes, during the reign of Ahmose I, during the early Eighteenth Dynasty.[2]

Tetiky was the son of Rahotep Overseer of the harem of the Lake and Sensonb. Tetiky's wife is named Senbi.[3]

Chapel and tomb

The chapel and tomb were excavated in the spring of 1908 by a team led by Howard Carter, excavating on behalf of his sponsor, Lord Carnarvon.[4] The chapel and associated buildings are made of mud brick. The burial chambers are cut into the bedrock and are accessed by a single vertical shaft.[5]

The decoration in this tomb shows the continued development of the royal image, showing as it does the King's Wife Ahmose-Nefertari, offering to Hathor, and having a double-Uraeus for the first time, an image that later became 'standard' royal iconography.[6] The tomb has been damaged due to looting, and the Louvre have recently returned several decorated sections from the tomb.[7]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Baikie, James. Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley. Methuen. 1932.
  2. Web site: Dynasty 18 tombs and tomb-chapels allotted numbers. 2009-12-29. University College London.
  3. Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pp. 26–27
  4. de Garis Davies . N. . The Tomb of Tetaky at Thebes (No. 15) . The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology . April 1925 . 11 . 1/2 . 10–18 . 10.2307/3854267.
  5. Book: Carnarvon . George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert . Carter . Howard . Five years' explorations at Thebes : a record of work done 1907–1911 . 1912 . Oxford University Press . London . 12 . 12 December 2022.
  6. Eaton-Krauss. M.. Four Notes on the Early Eighteenth Dynasty . The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology . 84 . 205–210 . 1998 . The Egyptian Exploration Society.
  7. News: France's Louvre museum returns five frescoes to Egypt . 2009-12-29 . BBC . 2009-12-14.