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How the Egyptians Made a Tomb

The Egyptians cleared and cut the tombs by a technique involving the drilling of holes in the rocks. A wooden plank was then inserted in the drilled hole and when the sun dries the moisture in the rock, the rock splits and they were left with cut rocks. The tomb walls were covered in limestone after they were cut. They were very talented to be able to clear such large amounts of rock and cut through the rock in such a way.
Jodie

Choosing the Scenes

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Along the top of our wall is the kheker frieze that runs along the top of every wall in the tomb. It’s like bunches of reeds tied together. In the middle of our wall is a niche which probably would have contained a statue of Senneferi. Above the niche is a double scene (a scene that is mirrored except for the offerings on the tables).To the right of the niche we have a main relief. It is a purification scene of Senneferi and his wife being libated by a lector or sem priest. Above them there are hieroglyphs, explaining the purification. To the right of the purification scene at the top are male and female offering bearers carrying ceramic or stone vessels and lotuses. Below this is an opening of the mouth scene, which is a series of episodes showing priests undertaking the various rites before the mummy.
Erika, Jodie, Hannah

The Research

Most of the research that was undertaken for this tomb was through the Senneferi Internet site, notes kindly provided by Nigel Strudwick, and Porter and Moss. The following table was the result and decisions as to what was placed onto the walls was finally left to the students based on all available information what was placed onto the walls was finally left to the students based on all available information.

TT99: SENNEFERI: INNER ROOM/SHRINE WALLS 14 (15) 16

Kheker frieze		Double scene	Kheker frieze
offering list and text - blue/grey text	Tomb owners parents and tomb owner & wife?	statue niche 1.8 - 1.2 m high, .82 m wide (standalone statue)	2 priests with offering list before TO&W - purification	male/female offering bearers
priests performing the offering ritual				Rites before mummy
				??

TT99: top of offering list and text	TT99: double scene of TO before Anubis-Jackal	TT99: 2 priests with offering list before TO&W; sem priest & offerings; 2 registers I male & female offering bearers II rites before mummy
TT125: 3 registers - banquet with guests & attendants	TT125: statue niche	TT125: TO on alabaster slab purified & acclaimed by priests
TT241: TO&W (goose under her chair) man offering to them 2 registers I male harpist & song, lutists, standing harpists, guest II female clappers & song, women with flute & tambourine & guests - subscene -offering list ritual	TT241:	TT241:2 scenes 1 TO&F fowling & fishing, men netting fish & fowl below 2 man offers to TO&W
TT260:	TT260: niche containing stele with offering list & scene - sides Anubis-jackal at top & 4 registers - rites before mummy + butchers	TT260:
TT127: offering bearers in top register	TT127:	TT127: man with offering list before TO with monkey under chair
TT140:	TT140: remains of stele: 2 registers at right side I man offers to TO&W II man offers flowers to couple	TT140:
TT224: banquet or offering scenes	TT224:	TT224: offering bringers? before TO
TT82:TO kneeling with wine before Eastern Goddess	TT82: niche with entablature, statues of deceased & wife; offering list	TT82: TO kneeling with wine before Western Goddess
TT85: TO&W kneeling with wine before Eastern Goddess	TT85: 3 registers - funeral procession	TT85: TO and offering list - 3 registers - banquet