# TT37

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{{Short description|Theban tomb}}
{{Infobox Egyptian tomb
| theban     = yes
| name       = TT37
| owner      = [Harwa](/source/Harwa)
| image      = TT37 & TT404.jpg
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| location   = [El-Assasif](/source/El-Assasif)
| date       = [25th Dynasty](/source/Twenty-fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt)
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| prev       = TT36
| next       = TT38
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{{Hiero|Harwa|<hiero>M16-r:V4</hiero><ref name="PM"/>|align=right|era=3ip}}
The [Theban](/source/Thebes%2C_Egypt) Tomb '''TT37''' is located in [El-Assasif](/source/El-Assasif). It forms part of the [Theban Necropolis](/source/Theban_Necropolis), situated on the west bank of the [Nile](/source/Nile) opposite [Luxor](/source/Luxor). The tomb is the burial place of the [ancient Egypt](/source/ancient_Egypt)ian [Harwa](/source/Harwa), who was Chief Steward of the [God's Wife of Amun](/source/God's_Wife_of_Amun), [Amenirdis I](/source/Amenirdis_I), during the [25th Dynasty](/source/Twenty-fifth_Dynasty_of_Egypt).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.harwa.it/eng/harwa/harwaing.htm |title=''Who was Harwa?'' |access-date=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2022-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428202215/http://www.harwa.it/eng/harwa/harwaing.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Harwa was the son of the scribe Pedemut and his wife Estawert.<ref name="PM">[Bertha Porter](/source/Bertha_Porter), [Rosalind L. B. Moss](/source/Rosalind_Moss), Ethel W. Burney: ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. I. The Theban Necropolis. Part 1. Private Tombs.'' Second Edition, revised and augmented. [Griffith Institute](/source/Griffith_Institute)/ [Ashmolean Museum](/source/Ashmolean_Museum), Oxford 1970, {{ASIN|B002WL4ON4}} pp.&nbsp;64, 68–69, Map IV. ([http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/topbib/pdf/pm1-1.pdf PDF; 21,9 MB]); from ''The Digital Topographical Bibliography''.</ref>

The tomb consists of a portico, which opens to a pillared court. The court is decorated with scenes showing offerings to [Ra](/source/Ra)-[Harakhti](/source/Harakhti), hymns, the mummy of Harwa on a couch, and offerings. At the back of the court the entrance to [TT404](/source/TT404) the tomb of Akhamenru, the Chief Steward to the [Divine Adoratrice](/source/Divine_Adoratrice_of_Amun), who served [Amenirdis I](/source/Amenirdis_I) and [Shepenupet II](/source/Shepenupet_II) is located.<ref name="PM"/>

Close to the entrance to TT404 is also the entrance to the outer hall where Harwa is depicted seated with a table of offerings and an offering list. From the outer hall one passes to the inner hall where Harwa is shown being led by [Anubis](/source/Anubis). From the outer hall on passes to the shrine where Harwa appears with Anubis before the [Western Goddess](/source/Imentet). The shrine contains a [false door](/source/false_door) with a statue of [Osiris](/source/Osiris).<ref name="PM"/>

==See also==
* [List of Theban tombs](/source/List_of_Theban_tombs)

==References==
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