TT 69 — Tomb of Menna

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Dynasty 18

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Western Thebes

Owner: Menna, Scribe of the fields

Facsimile painting of two standing men in white kilts on papyrus skiffs, each with family members, throwing sticks and spearing fish among reeds. Birds fly from the thicket, and fish and a crocodile swim in zigzag water below.

Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes, Tomb of Menna

Nina de Garis Davies, facsimile. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.4.48). Open Access, CC0. CC0 1.0 · Source

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Facsimile painting in two registers of a grain harvest. Above, men and children work in a field of golden wheat under trees; below, a horse-drawn chariot stands beside men heaping grain and seated scribes.

Harvest Scenes, Tomb of Menna

Charles K. Wilkinson, facsimile. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.4.44). Open Access, CC0. CC0 1.0 · Source

Facsimile painting of a young woman in profile facing left, hands raised, wearing a white gown, broad collar and headband with a cone on her head. She stands before an offering stand of food and flowers on a pale blue ground.

Menna's Daughter Offering to her Parents, Tomb of Menna

Nina de Garis Davies, facsimile. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.4.46). Open Access, CC0. CC0 1.0 · Source

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Sources

  1. [1] Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L. B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Vol. I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 1: Private Tombs. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. — TT 69
  2. [2] Theban Mapping Project. Database of the tombs of the Theban Necropolis. — TT 69
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