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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Dayr al-Madinah (Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1200 BCE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US
dc.date-1200en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-23T18:53:08Z
dc.date.available2013-04-23T18:53:08Z
dc.date.issued-1200en_US
dc.identifier210125en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 760en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/118150
dc.descriptionThe southern (entrance) wall shows the deceased and his wife worshiping 10 guardians of the Gates of the Netherworld, each crouching on a ma'at symbol and holding knives; At Deir el-Medina the tombs of the royal necropolis workers differed markedly in design from the 18th and 19th Dynasty tombs of the nobility. The Ramesside tombs of the workmen's village are of two main types: a brick pyramid chapel above ground with a shaft leading to the burial chamber; and a subterranean rock-cut chapel with a pyramidal superstructure. Pyramid chapels, such as those of Ankhorkawy (TT 359) and Sennedjem (TT 1) are raised on a brick or stone socle, plastered on the outside to present a smooth face, and were topped by a pyramidion, probably of black stone. The stele is set facing east in a niche or raised in front of the door to the chapel. The interior of the pyramid was corbelled and plastered over to form vaults. The underground rooms have an irregular plan. A vertical shaft descends for 3-4 m to a corridor leading into a vaulted room, which leads to a second room cut at a lower level. All the rooms are brick-lined and vaulted.en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; limestone; wall paintingen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdeath or burialen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectdomestic lifeen_US
dc.subjectgenreen_US
dc.subjectEgypt--Religionen_US
dc.subjectNew Kingdom (Egyptian)en_US
dc.subjectNineteenth Dynastyen_US
dc.titleTomb of Sennedjemen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-EG-T-TS-B3en_US
vra.culturalContextEgyptian (ancient)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypepyramid (tomb)en_US
vra.worktypetomben_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US


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