TT54

Theban Tomb TT54, also called Thebanian Tomb 54, is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The Atlas catalogue classes it as a rock-cut tomb, or hypogeum, and gives a typological estimate for its date of 1539 to 1075 BCE.

The tomb was originally the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official Hui, who served during the reigns of Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III. It was seized later, in the 19th Dynasty, by another official, Kenro, and his son Khonsu. Nothing further is recorded here about its plan, decoration or contents.

Egypt has some of the best-known rock-cut tombs in the world. In the Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes, tombs were excavated for pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, over a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasty. The valley gained great attention after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, and it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 with the rest of the Theban Necropolis.

A tomb such as TT54, which was reused by later officials, shows that burial places in the Theban Necropolis could change hands within the lifetime of the necropolis.

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