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The tomb of Setau

Setau was the High Priest and Nomarch of Nekhen during the reign of Ramesses III and Ramses IV (XX Dynasty). The inner architecture of his tomb resembles the tomb of his grandson Paheri. In the catalogs, the tomb is listed under the code number EK-4.

The ceiling of the tomb is an unprocessed rock structure. In the northern and eastern walls of the tomb there are small chambers, with half a meter height. The north and the west walls are badly damaged and now one can see only the fragments of surviving bas-reliefs. The bas-reliefs of the eastern wall are in better condition.

SOURCES:

Author: Luc Limme Elkab, 1937-2007: seventy years of Belgian archaeological research. (British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 9 (2008): 15–50. ) Year: 2008

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