Renni, tomb at El Kab, Egypt

On the site of El Kab, see also :
• The repository chapel of Amenhotep III
• The other tombs of El Kab

A big thank-you to those who furnished the photos for this presentation: Christian Mariais, Raymond Betz and Jacques Boel, also Les and Shirley Brown.

The detailed description of this tomb will be done secton by secton if I manage to obtain the following work :
The Archaeological Report of the EEF, 1900-1901; 30 : EL KAB. Tomb of Renni, vol. 4, of the series "Wall Drawings and Monuments of El Kab", by J. J. Tylor

THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO HAS IT OR WHO IS ABLE TO HELP ME

Tomb of Renni, Nomarch of El Kab, Overseer of Priests. EK 7 - Dynasty XVIII
1	Agricultural scenes, counting cattle and swine, loading boats with produce, all before the deceased.
2	Banquet with musicians.
3	Funeral scenes and banquet before father and wife.
4	Lintel: deceased before cartouche of Amenhotep I.
5	Remains of deceased's statue with jackals on either side.

Renni was a nomarch of El Kab and high priest of Nekhbet. His tomb dates from the 18th Dynasty and more precisely from the reign of Amenhotep I, whose Djseser-ka-Ra "cartouche" is legible in the arch above the niche, at the back of the tomb.

The tomb is situated at the western-most end of the row of tombs, the opposite end to that of Paheri. As with that tomb, this oblong with a vaulted roof. The decorative plan strongly resembles it, although its creation is poorer quality. It is clear that Paheri was inspired by this tomb for his own.

On the west (left) wall, are found agricultural scenes under the supervision of Renni. A banqueting scene can also be found, where the deceased and his wife are represented in front of their guests.
The east (right) wall, displays the funeral representations. Muu dancers, as with Paheri, are represented here several times. For details on this mysterious dance of the Muu, see the article by Greg Reeder.
At the back of the tomb, a statue niche, but these statuaries have been destroyed.

THE EAST WALL

East wall. According to "Description de l'Égypte", pl 70



East wall : general views from one extremity to the other

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Views of the east wall

THE WEST WALL



West wall : general views from one extremity to the other

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Views of the west wall

THE NORTH WALL AND NICHE


North wall and niche : general views

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Views of the north wall,the niche

Bibliography (thanks to Jose F. Alonso)

- Porter /Moss V, p. 179 (plan); p. 183-184 (tomb no. 7)
- Joseph John Tylor, Wall drawings and monuments of El Kab. EES, vol. 4: The tomb of Renni. (London, 1900)
-Chris J Bennett "A Genealogical Chronology of the Seventeenth Dynasty", JARCE 39
(2002) (pub 2004), 123-155.
- H. G. Fischer, JEA 66 (1980) 157
- H. Hartmann, Necheb und Nechbet: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des Kultortes Elkab (Ph.D. thesis, Mainz, 1989) 299ff
- M. Marciniak, MDAIK 37 (1981) 203
- idem BIFAO 81 Supp. (1981) 43
- idem in Hommages a Francois Daumas II (Montpellier, 1986) 495
- J. Romer, Romer's Egypt (London, 1982) 157ff
- E. F. Wente, JNES 43 (1984) 47
- S. Whale, The Family in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (Sydney, 1989) 16ff