The tomb of Senqed is situated to the west of the Red Monastery, Sohag. Inscriptions clearly date the structure to the reign of Tutankhamun and the investigations at the site point to the tomb having been intended for two 'Overseers of Nurses'. The senior of these is a man called Sennedjem, who, in addition to the title 'Overseer of Nurses' also held high titles such as Prince, Count/Mayor, Fanbearer on the right of the King, God's father; his companion, who only holds the title 'Overseer of Nurses', is called Senged.
Senged is also known from a very fine stone anthropoid sarcophagus, discovered at Saqqara in the New Kingdom necropolis, 200m south-west of Hormeheb and Maya.
Decoration : the grey granite lid is shaped in the form of a male, his arms stretched out at his sides. His ears are pierced for ear-rings. He wears a long wig that falls over his shoulders and he wears a long pleated kilt which curves down just below his navel, he also wears a bracelet on each arms.
The sarcophagus of Senqed was found in a re-used Old Kingdom burial chamber, reached by a 3m deep shaft, and was part of a burial of Ramesside date belonging to an Overseer of Granaries, Ray.
Stylisitically, the sarcophagus is very clearly one of the type discussed by W. Grajetzki, who points out that the sarcophagus of Senqed belong to the very end of the 18th dynasty, rather than to the 19th dynasty as has previously been thought, and that the development is a result of the particular circumstances of this period.
The earliest example is the sarcophagus of Iniuia (Louvre D2), who can be dated to the reign of Tutankhamun.
Tomb of Iniuia (found in 1993), The Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara
http://www.saqqara.nl/excavations/tombs/iniuia
Very similar in style and workmanshift is that of Khay (Cairo JE 36525).
And the two sarcophagi of vizier Paramessu (Ramses I) (JE 30707 and JE 46764; JE 72203) which can also be dated to the very end of the 18th dynasty.
The observations suggesting a late 18th dynasty date for the sarcophagus of Senqed are backed by the writing of the word mw.t in the text around the bottom of the lid at the head end, which avoids the vulture sign, a typical feature of the Amarna Period.
Pictures of the Inner Sarcophagus ( Cairo JE 72203) of vizier Paramessu (prince Ramesses-Nebweben) found at Medinet Habou (Brunton, ASAE 43, 138-148)
http://kemit.club.fr/musee_caire/photos/musee2/sarcophage.htm
The twin sarcophagi of vizier Paramessu were used by Ramses II for the Gurob burial of his son Prince Ramesses Nebweben.
Outer Sarcophagus, Gurob (Cairo JE 30707 lid + 46764 (box)
Brunton, Engelbach, Gurob , 1927
Bron :
The Tomb of Sennedjem at Awlad Azzaz (Sohag)" by Boyo Ockinga
Grajetzki, W., «Ein sargtyp des Neuen Reiches und sein möglicher ursprung in der Amarnazeit», n°150, pp. 65-70, GM, Göttingen, 1996.
Polz, Daniel: Die Särge des (Pa-)Ramessu, in MDAIK 42, 1986, 145-166
El-Ghandour Magdi, Report on work at Saqqara South of the New kingdom Cemetery : seasons 1994-1996-1997 Göttingen Miszellen 161 (1997)
Brunton and Engelbach, Gurob, 1927, 19ff., pl 32
Brunton Guy : The inner sarcophagus of prince Ramessu from Medinet Habu ASAE 43, 1943 pg. 133-148
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