TT255
| Theban tomb TT255 | |
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| Burial site of Roy | |
 Floor plan of TT255 | |
  TT255 Location within Egypt | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′15″N 32°37′28″E / 25.7375°N 32.6245°E |
| Location | Dra' Abu el-Naga', Theban Necropolis |
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| Roy and Nebtawy in hieroglyphs | |||||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||||||
The Theban Tomb TT255 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The sepulchre is the burial place of Roy, a royal scribe, and his wife Nebtawy (nicknamed Tawy), who lived at the end of the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Horemheb. In addition to being a scribe, Roy was an overseer of the estates of both Horemheb and the god Amun.[1]
The tomb is small, consisting of only one chamber with a stele niche and burial shaft, but it is well decorated.[1] It is one of two tombs in Dra' Abu el-Naga' that is open to the public.[2] The tomb is reached via a single ornamented chamber measuring only 4 by 1.85 metres that is carved out of the rock and has a funerary stela in a niche at the far end.[3] The real burial chamber is reached via a funeral tomb-shaft that extends into the deep (to the right of the entryway). The tomb faces south-east and its corners are rounded and none of the walls are flat.[4] The wall immediately to the left-hand side of the entrance is divided into four registers. Roy and his wife are seen before a man who is bringing a calf, and there are scenes of ploughing and pulling flax.[2] Around the tops of the walls a frieze of Hathor heads, Anubis jackals and the titles of Roy and his wife can be seen.[2] The ceiling of Roy's T255 tomb is painted in bright bold colours which remain vivid despite the passage of 3,200 years.
Gallery
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A vivid relief of TT255 depicting Roy and his wife in the afterlife.
A relief scene of cattle being brought before Roy in TT255
The painted ceiling of Tomb TT255
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind L. B. Moss (1960). Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings I. The Theban Necropolis Part 1. Private Tombs (PDF) (1970 reprint ed.). Oxford: Griffith Institute. pp. 339–340. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Tomb of Roy (TT255)". Egyptian Monuments. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ↑ Tomb of Roy 255
- ↑ Tomb of Roy 255
Further reading
[edit]- Foucart, George; Baud, Marcelle; Drioton, Etienne (1928). "Tombes thébaines Nécropole de Dirâ Abû'n-Naga: Le tombeau de Roÿ (1928)". Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (in French). 57. Le Caire: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
External links
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Media related to Tomb of Roy TT255 at Wikimedia Commons
