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Henetnofret's
parentage
The site
of the tomb
THE TOMB OF TWO SCULPTORS AT THEBES
grandfather was only a small official; so that it would appear as if she
herself were her fortune. But her father's charge in the palace may have
been one of greater importance than the title suggests.1
Tomb No. 181 is cut in the southern slope of the Khokhah hill,
which divides the Assasif from a smaller valley running up towards the
foot of Elwet Sheikh Abd el Kurneh and ending abruptly in the sunk
courtyard of the vizier Paser.2 It is thus directly behind the house of the
Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum, which occupies the correspond-
ing position on the northern side of the ridge. The tomb lies some way
1 As a help to the reader, the proposed genealogy of the family is here set out in diagram, together
with the titles of the persons concerned. The pages quoted signalize the appearance of the personages on the
walls. The index should be referred to for doubtful identifications and discussions.
Het
Neferhet + Thepu (p. bj) Senennuter + Netermose
(p. 35)
(pp. 3o, 53)
Amenhotpe
(pp. 44, 55, 57)
(p. 36)
Mutemwia
(pp. 55, 57)
(p. 36)
1-------------v---------------1>---------------r~
Mutnofret (2) Huy Nebamun + Henetnofret + Apuki Huy Amenemhet Asi
(pp. 44, 54) (p. 44)
(p. 44) (p. 5o) (p. 49)
Mutnofret Hentaneb
(p. 49) (P- 49)
Amenhotpe (2) Amenemhet (2) Tiy Mutnofret (2)
(p. 47) (pp. 44,47?, 57?) (P- 5G) (PP- 44,54,57)
Amenhotpe, as well as Apuki or Nebamun, might conceivably be the undetermined brother of Huy
to whom reference is made on p. 44-
Private names are often derived from those in use in the reigning family. Mutemwia was the mother
of Amenhotep III, Aset and Hentaneb daughters of his, and Mutnofret a near relation (Petrie, History, II, p.
198). All this hangs well together, and Apuki on this evidence would belong to the generation of Amenhotep's
older children.
The titles of the above persons are:—
o 1
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Het. . .
Amenhotpe
Neferhet .
Senennuter
Huy . .
Amenemhet . £k^ _ feT-kil^ H
Apuki. . . \&*\\ \>\®\\ \ 4Z 41 &
K ±^~-^kll>j\\
n
\n
0 I I I
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Nebamun
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See Pis. II and IV; also PL VIII of Gardiner and Weigall, Topographical Catalogue.
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parentage
The site
of the tomb
THE TOMB OF TWO SCULPTORS AT THEBES
grandfather was only a small official; so that it would appear as if she
herself were her fortune. But her father's charge in the palace may have
been one of greater importance than the title suggests.1
Tomb No. 181 is cut in the southern slope of the Khokhah hill,
which divides the Assasif from a smaller valley running up towards the
foot of Elwet Sheikh Abd el Kurneh and ending abruptly in the sunk
courtyard of the vizier Paser.2 It is thus directly behind the house of the
Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum, which occupies the correspond-
ing position on the northern side of the ridge. The tomb lies some way
1 As a help to the reader, the proposed genealogy of the family is here set out in diagram, together
with the titles of the persons concerned. The pages quoted signalize the appearance of the personages on the
walls. The index should be referred to for doubtful identifications and discussions.
Het
Neferhet + Thepu (p. bj) Senennuter + Netermose
(p. 35)
(pp. 3o, 53)
Amenhotpe
(pp. 44, 55, 57)
(p. 36)
Mutemwia
(pp. 55, 57)
(p. 36)
1-------------v---------------1>---------------r~
Mutnofret (2) Huy Nebamun + Henetnofret + Apuki Huy Amenemhet Asi
(pp. 44, 54) (p. 44)
(p. 44) (p. 5o) (p. 49)
Mutnofret Hentaneb
(p. 49) (P- 49)
Amenhotpe (2) Amenemhet (2) Tiy Mutnofret (2)
(p. 47) (pp. 44,47?, 57?) (P- 5G) (PP- 44,54,57)
Amenhotpe, as well as Apuki or Nebamun, might conceivably be the undetermined brother of Huy
to whom reference is made on p. 44-
Private names are often derived from those in use in the reigning family. Mutemwia was the mother
of Amenhotep III, Aset and Hentaneb daughters of his, and Mutnofret a near relation (Petrie, History, II, p.
198). All this hangs well together, and Apuki on this evidence would belong to the generation of Amenhotep's
older children.
The titles of the above persons are:—
o 1
I /WW\A
Oq I
11V
^>
'linnni -
:nn
Ql
uniys^'
?{)?:
Het. . .
Amenhotpe
Neferhet .
Senennuter
Huy . .
Amenemhet . £k^ _ feT-kil^ H
Apuki. . . \&*\\ \>\®\\ \ 4Z 41 &
K ±^~-^kll>j\\
n
\n
0 I I I
W /Ws^Aft «
Nebamun
Q 1^37 v v
oof. ^^^^
a I
n
(orS^in)^^(orkj)
nW
)
j|
JS^
See Pis. II and IV; also PL VIII of Gardiner and Weigall, Topographical Catalogue.
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