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Theban tomb TT46
Theban tomb TT46
Burial site of Ramose
Location	Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban Necropolis
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Ramose
in hieroglyphs

Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

The Theban Tomb TT46 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor.

TT46 is the burial site of an ancient Egyptian named Ramose, who served as Steward of the Mansion of the Aten and Overseer of the Granary of Upper and Lower Egypt. In the tomb, Ramose is described as an honoured one of Queen Ahmose Nefertari. He also holds the title First priest of Amun in Menset which refers to the mortuary temple of Queen Ahmose Nefertari.^[2] Ramose dates to the time of Amenhotep III during the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. His wife, Nefertkha, ^[1] was a singer of Hathor and a singer of Amun. Ramose was the steward of the Mansion of the Aten according to the inscriptions in his tomb, which places him during the reign of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pp. 86–87
^ E. Graefe: Bemerkungen zu Ramose, dem Besitzer von TT46, in Göttinger Miszellen 33 (1979), pp. 13–15 (the article corrects some misreadings of titles published before)
^ Murnane, William J., Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, Society of Biblical Literature, 1995, p. 61, ISBN 1-55540-966-0

25°44′00″N 32°36′00″E / 25.7333°N 32.6000°E / 25.7333; 32.6000

[PM-1] Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pp. 86–87

[2] E. Graefe: Bemerkungen zu Ramose, dem Besitzer von TT46, in Göttinger Miszellen 33 (1979), pp. 13–15 (the article corrects some misreadings of titles published before)

[3] Murnane, William J., Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, Society of Biblical Literature, 1995, p. 61, ISBN 1-55540-966-0

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+{{Hiero|Ramose|<hiero>N5:Z1-ms-s</hiero><ref name="PM">Porter and Moss, ''Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis'', pp. 86–87</ref>|align=right|era=nk}}
 The [[Thebes, Egypt|Theban]] Tomb '''TT46''' is located in [[Sheikh Abd el-Qurna]]. It forms part of the [[Theban Necropolis]], situated on the west bank of the [[Nile]] opposite [[Luxor]].
-TT46 was the burial place of the [[Ancient Egypt]]ian named Ramose, who was a ''Steward of the Mansion of the [[Aten]]'' and ''Overseer of the Granary of Upper and Lower Egypt''. In the tomb, Ramose is further said to be an ''honoured one of Queen [[Ahmose Nefertari]]''. Indeed, he bears the title ''First priest of Amun in Menset''. Menst is the name of the [[mortuary temple]] of queen Ahmose Nefertari.<ref>E. Graefe: ''Bemerkungen zu Ramose, dem Besitzer von TT46'', in ''Göttinger Miszellen'' 33 (1979), pp. 13-15 (the article corrects some misreadings of titles published before)</ref> Ramose dates to the time of [[Amenhotep III]] from the middle of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. Ramose's wife was named Nefertkha.<ref name="PM"/> Nefertkha was a singer of [[Hathor]] and a singer of [[Amun]]. Ramose was the steward of the Mansion of the Aten according to the inscriptions in his tomb, and this dates him to the reign of [[Akhenaten]] (Amenhotep IV).<ref>Murnane, William J., Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, Society of Biblical Literature, 1995, p. 61, {{ISBN|1-55540-966-0}}</ref>
+TT46 is the burial site of an [[ancient Egypt]]ian named Ramose, who served as ''Steward of the Mansion of the [[Aten]]'' and ''Overseer of the Granary of Upper and Lower Egypt''. In the tomb, Ramose is described as an ''honoured one of Queen [[Ahmose Nefertari]]''. He also holds the title ''First priest of Amun in Menset'' which refers to the [[mortuary temple]] of Queen Ahmose Nefertari.<ref>E. Graefe: ''Bemerkungen zu Ramose, dem Besitzer von TT46'', in ''Göttinger Miszellen'' 33 (1979), pp. 13–15 (the article corrects some misreadings of titles published before)</ref> Ramose dates to the time of [[Amenhotep III]] during the middle of the [[Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt]]. His wife, Nefertkha, <ref name="PM"/> was a singer of [[Hathor]] and a singer of [[Amun]]. Ramose was the steward of the Mansion of the Aten according to the inscriptions in his tomb, which places him during the reign of [[Akhenaten]] (Amenhotep IV).<ref>Murnane, William J., ''Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt'', Society of Biblical Literature, 1995, p. 61, {{ISBN|1-55540-966-0}}</ref>
+==See also==
+* [[List of Theban tombs]]
 ==References==
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