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{{Short description|Theban tomb}} {{Infobox Egyptian tomb | theban = yes | name = TT51 | owner = Userhat called Neferhabef | image = TT51.jpg | image_upright = .95 | image_alt = | caption = | latd = | latm = | lats = | longd = | longm = | longs = | map_alt = | location = Sheikh Abd el-Qurna | date = Open in antiquity | excavated = | decoration = | layout = | prev = TT50 | next = TT52 }} {{Hiero|Userhat called Neferhabef|<hiero>F12-F4:t*Z1 </hiero> called <hiero> F35-f-W3:f</hiero><ref name="PM">Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pg 97-99</ref>|align=right|era=nk}}

Theban Tomb '''TT51''' is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmpbibliography.com/resources/bibliography_5nv_tombs_of_the_nobles_tt51_userhet_called_nefer-hebef.html|title= Bibliography for TT 51: Userhet, called Nefer-hebef|accessdate=2008-06-02}}</ref> It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official Userhat, who was First Prophet of Sethi I during the 19th Dynasty.<ref name="baikie1932">{{cite book|first=James|last=Baikie|title=Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529878|publisher=Methuen|date=1932|page=}}</ref>

Userhet was the son of Khensemhab and the chantress of Montu, named Tausert. His wife was Hatshepsut called Shepset.<ref name="PM"/>

==The tomb== The court, passage and hall are decorated.<ref name="PM"/> ===Court and passage=== (1) A stela was recovered and remains of a scene showing funeral scenes with a ceremony before the mummy. Offering texts accompany the scenes.<br /> (2) The passage shows Userhet with a hymn to the god Ra.<ref name="PM"/>

===Hall=== (3) Three registers with funerary scenes * Userhet with Anubis and before scales and Ammit. Userhet kneeling before Osiris and the Western Goddess. Userhet, souls of Pe and Nekhen and baboons adore Ra-Harakhti as a hawk and Isis * Funeral procession. The deceased is named Amenmose here. He appears before the pyramid-tomb. * Chariots and stands of food, and Userhet's wife with her attendants in a scene with a temple. (4) Two registers * Three ancestors: The Vizier Imhotep, Hapuseneb and Khensemhab adore Monthu. * Userhet and his wife beneath a vine. (5) Three registers about a Festival procession of Thutmosis I * Men bring supplies and Userhet adores the royal barque * A royal statue is transported and shown on a barque on the lake. * Userhet received funeral outfit with masks. (6) Two registers * A man named Akheperkaresoneb is shown kneeling, purified by eight priests. Userhat kneels before three Ogdoads. Thoth reports to Osiris and Anubis * Userhet, Akheperkaresoneb and Nebmehyt dressed as priests and accompanied by three priestesses pour ointments on offerings before Montu and Meretseger. (7) Userhat and his wife in a tree-goddess scene. Another (sub-)scene shows an Abydos pilgrimage, and Userhet and his wife before Osiris and Anubis.<br /> (8) Priests libating, female mourners and offerings before Userhet and his wife.<br /> (9)Two registers: * Userhet offering before Osiris and two goddesses * Userhet with mother-in-law(?) Hennutawy, his wife and daughter offering braziers to Thutmosis I and Ahmose-Nefertari. <ref name="PM"/>

<gallery> File:Offering Procession, Tomb of Userhat MET chr30.4.35.jpg|Procession of offerings File:Userhat and Wife Visit Abydos, Tomb of Userhat MET 30.4.34 EGDP019650 Cropped.jpg|Userhat and Wife Visit Abydos File:Userhat Kneeling Before Osiris and the Goddess of the West, Tomb of Userhat MET DT10876.jpg|Userhat kneeling before Osiris and the Goddess of the West File:Userhat and Wife Receiving Offerings, Tomb of Userhat MET eg30.4.33a.jpg|Userhat and his wife receiving offerings </gallery>

==See also== {{Commonscat}} * List of Theban tombs

==References== {{reflist}}

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