Tomb of Kha-Em-hat of the Eighteenth Dynasty in Western Thebes (TT 57).

• Superior document: Archaeopress Egyptology ; v.35
• Author: Hussein Ali Attia, Amani.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress Egyptology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (363 pages)

This volume presents a study of the tomb of Kha-em-hat TT 57 at Qurna, West Luxor, which dates back to the 18th Dynasty⁠ - the reign of King Amenhotep III. It is considered one of the most important Egyptian tomb discoveries, containing rare scenes and revealing development of the religious rituals of the time.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Discovery -- Geographical position (see figures 1-3) -- Features and the plan of the tomb (see figure 4) -- Art characteristics -- A. Titles -- Division of the titles in the tomb -- Facade -- Outer court -- Main entrance -- Outer court -- Outer court -- Hall -- Hall - east wall - south side - sub scene -- Hall - south wall -- Hall - south wall -- Hall - south wall - statues in a niche -- Hall - east wall -- Hall - north wall -- Hall - south wall- statues in a niche -- Hall - west wall -- Hall - Ceiling -- Hall - ceiling -- Hall - west wall - door entrance -- Hall - west wall - door entrance -- To the passage - door thickness -- Passage - east wall -- Passage - south wall -- Passage - north wall (see figure 45) -- Passage - south wall -- Passage - west wall -- Passage - west wall -- Inner room -- Passage - ceiling -- Passage - ceiling -- Passage - ceiling -- B. Facade: Court -- II. Outer court - front door (see figure 5, 5A, 6) -- IIa. Facade - north wall (left-hand side - main entrance - see figure 7,7A) -- III. Facade - stela of purification (see figure 8, 8A) -- IV. Facade - opening of the mouth stela (right-hand side - see figure 9, 9A) -- Dimensions׃ The remaining scene is about 1.5m in height and 1m in width. -- V. Facade - north wall (right-hand side - main entrance - see figure 10, 10.A) -- VI. Entrance - door frame (see figure 11, 11A) -- VI.A Left jamb (see figure 11B) -- VI.B. Right jamb (see figure 11C) -- VI. C. South door thickness (left-hand side - see figure 12,12A) -- Transverse Hall -- Transverse Hall -- VII. East Wall (see figure 13,13A) -- VII. East wall - south side (figure 13,13A) -- VII.A Kha-em-hat is giving offerings (sunken relief - see figure 13, 13A).

Similar scenes found in other tombs (Deceased preform rituals) -- Conclusion -- VII.B East wall - south side - lower register (sub-scene) -- VIII. Remains of storehouse scene (see figure 13,13A) -- VIII.A Kha-em-hat offerings to goddess Renenut, mistress of harvesting (see figure 15,15A) -- IX.Unloading freight ships scene (lower register right-side wall - see figure 16,16A) -- X. South wall (see figures 18-23) -- X.A South wall - east side next to statues (see figure 19,19A) -- X.B South wall - west side - next to southern statues (see figure.20, 20A) -- X.C Statues (see figure 18) -- X.D Seated woman between the legs of the statues (see figure 21,21A) -- Inscriptions on the statues -- X.E Inscription on the west side statue belongs to Im-hotep (see figure 18, 22) -- X.F Inscriptions of the east side statue belong to Kha-em-hat (see figure 22) -- X.G South wall - east jamb (left-hand side - see figure 23) -- X.H South wall - west jamb (right-hand side - see figure 23) -- XI. West wall (see figures 24,24A) -- XI.A. West wall - south side (see figure 24,24A) -- XII. East wall - north side (see figure 25-25C) -- XII.A Kha-em-hat is giving offering (see figure 25B) -- XIII. Kha-em-hat inspecting the surveying of the fields (see figure 25C) -- XIV. Hall - north wall (see figure 26, 26A) -- XV.Hall - west wall - north side (see figure 27, 27A) -- XV.A Ceiling of the transverse hall- north side (see figures 28 -30A) -- XV.B Hall - west wall - door entrance - see figures 31-31A) -- XV.C. Hall - west wall - door entrance - north door thickness (see figure 32) -- XV.D Hall - west wall - door entrance - south door thickness (see figure 33) -- Passage -- East Wall (see figures 35, 35A - 36) -- XVII. East wall - south side (see figure 36) -- Passage -- Passage - south wall (see figure 38 - 40A) -- XVIII-XIX. Funeral procession and ceremonies (see figure 40,40A).

XVIII. Funeral procession (see figure 40,40A) -- XIX. Osiris with western goddess (see figure 38) -- XIX.A Mourners (see figure 40, 40A) -- XIX.B Cryptography (no longer exists- see figure 39) -- XIX.C. Equivelant Text -- Passage - east wall - north side -- XX. Deceased purified and acclaimed by priests (see figure 41) -- XXI-XXII Passage - north wall (see figure 42, 42A) -- XXI. Kha-em-hat on the mountain (see figure 44) -- XXII. Kha-em-hat in a worshipping attitude (see figure 45, 45A) -- Lower register -- XXII.A Abydos Pilgrimage (see figure 42,42A) -- XXIII. Passage - west wall -- XXIII.A Passage - Ceiling: (see figure 47,47A) -- Inner Room -- Inner Room -- Door way -- Inner Room -- XXIV. South niche statues (Kha-em-hat and his Mother - see figure 48, 48A) -- XXIV.A East wall next to the southern statues (see figure 49 - 49C) -- Squeezes -- XXIV.B West wall next to the southern statues (see figure 50, 51) -- XXV. Inner room - east wall (see figure 52-54) -- XXV.A East wall next to the northern statues (see figure 52 - 54) -- XXVI. North niche statues (Kha-em-hat as Maḥu with his wife Ty- see figure 55, 55A) -- XXVI.A Inner room - west wall (next to southern statues - figure 56, 56A) -- XXVI.B West wall (next to northern statues - see figure 57, 57A) -- XXVII. West niche statues (see figure 58, 58.A) -- XXVII.A Ritual of offering list -- XXVII.B The Finds -- XXVII.C Statue of Kha-em-hat in Brooklyn Museum 37.48E. (U.S.A.) -- Bibliography -- Back cover.