The Book of Nut in the Late Period Tombs of the Asasif Necropolis. With a Focus on the Decorative Layout in the Tombs of Padiamenope (TT 33) and Montuemhat (TT 34)

Isabelle Régen (1)

1 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes

The decorative programme in four Late Period tombs of the Asasif necropolis includes a previously unnoticed vignette taken from the Book of Nut: Padiamenope (TT 33), Montuemhat (TT 34), Pabasa (TT 279), and Mutirdis (TT 410). This vignette is inserted in an original decorative synthesis that is specific to the monumental tombs of this necropolis (Twenty-fifth–Twenty-sixth Dynasties). Moreover, it is not on the ceiling, as expected for the Book of the Sky genre, but on walls. In this respect, one can speak of an ‘Asasif Book of Nut’. The vignette shows a falcon upon a standard, associated with the southern region rtḥ-qȝb.t, as well as the title of the Book of Nut. Analysing the similarities and differences in the Asasif Book of Nut layout reveals connections between the decorative programmes as well as the tomb owners, especially between the Fourth Prophet of Amun, Montuemhat, and the Chief and Lector Priest, Padiamenope, for they seem to have used the same decorative model.

Mots clés: Egypte; Nout; Funéraire; Tombe 33; Padiaménopé TT 33; Thèbes-Ouest

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Isabelle Régen. The Book of Nut in the Late Period Tombs of the Asasif Necropolis. With a Focus on the Decorative Layout in the Tombs of Padiamenope (TT 33) and Montuemhat (TT 34). Elena Pischikova (Fairfield University); Julia Budka (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München); Kenneth Griffin (Swansea University). Thebes in the First Millennium BC: Art and Archaeology of the Kushite Period and Beyond, Golden House Publications, pp.162-176, 2018, 9781906137595. ⟨halshs-02062201⟩