TT335

This should be interpreted in conjunction with the scene of the ritual of the Opening of the Mouth, which is on the south wall, to which it belongs entirely. This can be seen by the continuation of the edge of the sand, at the bottom of the hill on the west wall, which slightly overlaps on to the south wall (see is-04).
Two upright coffins (with or without mummies, it is not known with certainty) are located in front of the entry of the pyramidal funerary chapel. This scene is backed by the Theban mountain, symbolised as usual by bands edged with lines and marked with black and red spots. There can clearly be seen, near the top of the pyramidial structure, the niche destined to hold a stela carrying a solar hymn. Also, the pyramidion has been painted black at the top, which is common, especially at Deir el-Medineh, but this still remains strange. The three small columns of text above some coffins merely repeat the names of Nakhtamon and his wife. The two mummiform coffins look very much alike, each, like a mummy, being surrounded with strips of fabric. Both wear the cone of ointment; the only differences, he wears a long false beard, curved at the end like those of the gods, whilst she wears the wig surrounded by a ribbon (see yr-44
Once again it can be seen of the symbolic character of all these representations, that there is almost no chance that Nakhtamon and Nebuemsheset are dead and have their burial at the same time.



Tomb TT335 of the sculptor Nakhtamon was discovered by Bernard Bruyère on January 16th, 1925, just to the south of TT336, of his brother Neferrenpet and to the north of the one of his brother-in-law Qen, TT4. He is mentioned in both, as well as in TT217 of another of his brothers, Ipuy. Currently, the report of Bruyère, dating from years 1924-1925, in spite of its preliminary nature, constitutes the only source of information concerning the funerary complex detailed below.
This complex originally included a courtyard, a chapel and an underground system of chambers. It is especially this last which will be examined, because the three funeral chambers and their decoration are nearly intact. This typical example of the style known as monochrome painting is of exceptional quality and makes this tomb one of the jewels of Deir el-Medineh


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