TT1

ThebanTombDetail
Name = TT1
Location = Deir el-Medina
Date = 1886
Owner = Sennedjem
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The Theban Tomb TT1 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 official, Sennedjem and his family. [cite web|url=http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~farid/egypt/sennedjem.html|title=The burial chamber of Sennedjem|accessdate=2005-06-05]

The tomb was found in 1886 and was undisturbed. It contained over 20 burials, most of them certainly belonging to family members of Sennedjem. Sennedjem was placed in an outer box coffin with one inner human shaped one and a mummyboard. His wife Iyneferti had one human shaped coffin with a mummy board, while his son Khonsu was again placed in a outer box and one inner human shaped coffin, again with a mummy board. The wife of Khonsu was Tameket, placed into one coffin with a mummy board. For other people buried here the relation to Sennedjem is not clear. Burial goods included many shabtis, canopic boxes and pieces of furniture. The objects were sold to several collections around the world, the most important items went to Cairo, New York and Berlin.

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