Pediamenopet

Padiamenope (also known by the hellenised form Petamenophis From his titles and the text written on the walls of his tomb, it has been deduced that he must have had an exceptional knowledge of both royal and sacred texts.

Tomb

Padiamenope's tomb TT33, located at el-Assasif on the west bank of the Nile, is the largest non-royal tomb in the whole Theban Necropolis, as well as one of the largest ever built in Egypt. It consists of 22 rooms, spread over four underground levels, whose walls offer over 2600m2 of decorations, although not always well preserved. Notably, the wall inscriptions show a collection of ancient funerary texts such as the Book of Gates, but revisited in simpler and more contemporary terms.

The tomb was discovered in the 18th century and was initially kept open, but remained closed for the entire 20th century. During 2004–2005, a team led by Claude Traunecker of the University of Strasbourg undertook a systematic exploration of the tomb.