Jump to content

MMA 60

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theban Tomb MMA 60
Burial site of Cache Tomb
LocationDeir el-Bahari
DiscoveredTwenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
Excavated byDiscovered and excavated by Winlock during the 1923–24 season
Decorationnone


The Theban Tomb known as MMA 60 is located in Deir el-Bahari. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb is the burial place several high ranking individuals dating to the 21st Dynasty. [1][2]

People buried in MMA 60

[edit]

The original burial was for the three ladies Djedmutesankh A, Henuttawy B and Henuttawy C. The tomb was later reopened and the Priest of Amun Menkheperre was buried alongside the three women. The tomb would continue to be reopened and further burials would be made, including Tabeketmut and Ankhesmut.[3]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ H. E. Winlock, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 19, No. 12, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Egyptian Expedition 1923–1924", (December 1924), pp. 31
  2. ^ Tombs of Dynasty 21, Thebes, Online at the Metropolitan Museum website.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g H. E. Winlock, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 19, No. 12, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Egyptian Expedition 1923–1924", (December 1924), pp. 24–28
  4. ^ Kenneth Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. (1996). p 67, Warminster: Aris & Phillips
  5. ^ Kenneth Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. (1996). p. 534, Warminster: Aris & Phillips
  6. ^ a b c Kathlyn M. Cooney, "Changing Burial Practices at the End of the New Kingdom: Defensive Adaptations in Tomb Commissions, Coffin Commissions, Coffin Decoration, and Mummification", Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, p. 17
  7. ^ Kenneth Kitchen, pp 67, 534