TT93

The Theban Tomb TT93 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. The tomb belongs to an 18th Dynasty ancient Egyptian named Qenamun, who was the overseer of cattle of Amun and chief steward of Amenhotep II. More than eighty epithets of Qenamun were found in the tomb.Davies, The tomb of Ken-Amun at Thebes, 10 Qenamun's mother, Amenemipet, was a wet nurse of Amenhotep II, which effectively made Qenamun a foster brother to the young prince who would become king.Wilkinson, Toby. (2010). The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, Chapter 12

History The tomb was known in the early nineteenth century and was visited by Champollion,Champollion, Jean-Francois. (1844). Monuments de l'Egypte et de la Nubie. Notices Descriptives, I, 599–600 Wilkinson, LepsiusLepsius, Carl Richard. (1849). Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plate 63a and 64a; Text III, 274–275 and Prisse d'Avennes, but remained largely neglected until the late 1920s when the Metropolitan Museum of Art published The tomb of Ken-Amun at Thebes, which details the exploration and documents the content of the tomb.The tomb of Ḳen-Amūn at Thebes (plates)

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