TT81

TT81 ( Theban Tomb no 81, Theban grave No. 81) in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd el- Qurna in Thebes -West is an old Egyptian officials grave, which was created in the 11th Dynasty and usurped in the early 18th Dynasty. Owner was the official Ineni, who led the title " Mayor of Thebes " and " barn Head of Amun " and served under Amenhotep I and Tuthmosis I..

Dating and construction phases

Due to the apparent strong resemblance to the tombs of the 11th dynasty Egyptologists long time assumed that the plant at the beginning of the 18th dynasty fell back in the immediate area in restorative manner on the models of the tombs from the Middle Kingdom. According to a new grave recording and exposing Eberhard Dziobek holds this view but for no longer tenable: " grave TT81 is an unfinished system of the early 11th Dynasty, which was rebuilt and re-used at the beginning of the 18th dynasty of Ineni in a characteristic manner. "

Architecture

The atrium was cut horizontally into the rock, where the facade is formed by eight irregularly - quadrangular pillar. The transverse hall behind it is 20 m long and 2.6 m wide and in the middle of the west wall of a passageway leads past a threshold and a door chamber (but without detectable door ) in the longitudinal hall, in its rear part, a shaft is located. Adjoining the longitudinal hall in the west to the statue chamber, in which there are four larger than life seated statues.

Decoration

In the transverse hall is dominated by work and family scenes on the west wall. The murals show, inter alia, the grave Lord during inspection of supplies for the Temple of Amun and the estate of Ineni. There are large stele with autobiographical inscriptions on the north and south walls.

In contrast to the this-worldly scenes of the transverse hall the funeral scenes are shown in the longitudinal hall. The scenes in the subsequent statue room dedicated to the commemoration of the dead. The four statues represent the grave Lord, his wife and his parents dar.

• Wall decorations in the grave

Wine making

Wine making

Grain harvest

Desert Hunting

Biography of Ineni

Inenis career as a civil servant began under Amenhotep I and found a continuation after the government takeover by Thutmose I. By no later than the time he was head of the treasure houses of Amuntempels and then Mayor and barn superintendent as the highlight of his career, making him the management of the construction work in Karnak was transferred Temple and the Valley of the kings. After the death of Thutmose I. Ineni held public office more and stayed at the court as a royal pensioner on.