TOMB OF NEFERRENPET (Luxor – El Khokha) The Tomb of Neferrenpet is the TT178 of the Necropolis of El-Khokha. Neferrenpet, also called Kenro, was Scribe of the Treasury of the estates of the Temple of Amon and Scribe of divine offerings of the house of Amun. He lived during the XIX Dynasty during the second part of the reign of Ramses II. He was married to Mutemwia that was probably buried in the same grave and that figure almost always next to him in the decoration of the tomb. The father of Neferrenpet was Piay, Pure priest of Amun at Karnak, and his mother was Wiay. The tomb, oriented north-south, is composed of two rooms; an entrance hall and a liturgical chapel in which opens the shaft leading to the underground burial apartment. The decoration of the two rooms, fully completed, are painted on white plaster. The entrance of the tomb is located in a large courtyard in which there are also the entrances of TT296 Tomb of Nefersekheru, TT295 Tomb of Thutmose and TT365 Tomb of Nefermenu. In the second decade of 1900 A.D. were still visible, on the lintel of the entrance, Neferrenpet and Mutemwia in adoration in front of Osiris while to the sides of the door there were columns of hieroglyphic texts containing offering formulas to various deities; today traces of these texts are still partially legible. The entrance hall is about 8 feet deep, 11.5 feet wide and has a height of 6.5 feet. The east wall is decorated in three registers: - the upper register is composed of a frieze in which alternate motivs depicting kheker signs, the head of Hathor and Anubis with the Eye of Horus. - the central register is decorated with scenes from the Book of the Dead followed by the Ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart. - the lower register shows us Neferrenpet and Mutemwia drink in a garden and offering scenes the latest of which is addressed to Amenhotep I and to his mother Ahmose Nefertari. The west wall, as above, is decorated on three registers: - the upper register is similar to that of the east wall. - the central register shows scenes of Neferrenpet, in some scenes with his wife, in adoration before various deities. Among these scenes we see the couple, with arms outstretched, in worship of Ptah and Hathor. In a later scene Neferrenpet and Mutemwia are adoring Ra-Horakhty and Maat. Ra-Horakhty, seated on a throne, holding the Was scepter with his left hand and the Ankh with his right hand. Maat, standing, holding the Ankh with her left hand. Faced with the two deities a pedestal holding a jug behind which you see a bunch of lotus flowers. - the lower register is almost entirely composed of scenes related to the funerary procession. Among these we see Neferrenpet mummified, lying on a bed under a kiosk, at the edge of a ceremonial boat that, placed on a sled is towed, accompanied by Isis and Nephthys, to the grave. The Liturgical Chapel is about 10 feet long, 8 feet wide and 6,5 feet high. The east wall is decorated in three registers: - the upper register, similar to that of the entry chamber, is composed of a frieze in which alternate motif depicting kheker signs, the head of Hathor and Anubis with the Eye of Horus. - the central register shows scenes of adoration before various deities. - the lower register shows scenes of ritual libations, lists of deals, offers to the dead couple and the Ceremony of Opening of the Mouth. The west wall is decorated in its central register in three scenes that see the deceased separate by the gods by long hieroglyphic texts. Among these scenes we can see: - Neferrenpet, in the guise of a priest-reader, in adoration of the Djed Pillar. Behind him Mutemwia smelling a lotus flower. - the couple in adoration of the Hawk. Mutemwia held, with her left hand, a sistrum between two leaves of lettuce. The south wall is almost entirely occupied by a niche within which we see four statues carved into the rock and then remodeled with stucco and painted. From left to right we see the mother of the deceased Wiay, his father Piay, Neferrenpet himself and his wife Mutemwia. The four are seated on a bench close proximity of each other and only Neferrenpet is in slightly more advanced position. They wear rich wigs topped by the cone of scented grease. A band of hieroglyphic texts, on garments that cover their legs, report their names and their titles. The exception is the statue of Neferrenpet whose lower part is lost. The ceiling of the niche is decorated with white squares outlined in red containing alternating bunches of grapes and leaves. The ceiling is decorated with geometrical figures containing hieroglyphic texts. In the south-west corner of the Liturgical Chapel opens a shaft, about 16 feet deep, leading to the underground burial apartment. For further informations visit my website: my-egypt.it/upper-egypt/luxor/el-khokha-1/
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