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{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian tomb near Luxor}} {{Infobox Egyptian tomb | theban = yes | name = TT7 | owner = Ramose | image = TT7.jpg | image_alt = Schematic plan of Theban Tomb 7 | caption = Schematic plan of TT7 | latd = | latm = | lats = | longd = | longm = | longs = | map_alt = | location = Deir el-Medina | date = Nineteenth Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II | excavated = | decoration = Scenes of royal and divine figures, including Amenhotep I, Ahmose-Nefertari, Horemheb, Thutmose IV, Ramesses II and the Theban Triad | layout = Court and decorated chapel | prev = TT6 | next = TT8 }} {{Hiero|Ramose|<hiero>r:a-N5:Z1-ms-s</hiero>|align=right|era=nk}}

The Theban Tomb '''TT7''' is located in Deir el-Medina, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor.<ref name="GardinerWeigall1913pp16-17">{{cite book |last1=Gardiner |first1=Alan H. |last2=Weigall |first2=Arthur E. P. |title=A topographical catalogue of the private tombs of Thebes |location=London |publisher=Bernard Quaritch |year=1913 |pages=16–17 |url=https://archive.org/details/topographicalcat00garduoft |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="IFAO7">{{cite web |title=TT 7 : Râmosé |url=https://www.ifao.egnet.net/bases/archives/ttdem/?tt=7 |publisher=Institut français d'archéologie orientale |access-date=25 May 2026 |language=fr}}</ref> It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian artisan and Scribe in the Place of Truth named Ramose, who lived during the Nineteenth Dynasty, during the reign of Ramesses II.<ref name="IFAO7" />

Ramose also created a total of three tombs for himself in the necropolis, the others being TT212 and TT250.<ref name="PorterMoss1960other">{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Bertha |last2=Moss |first2=Rosalind |title=Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume I: The Theban Necropolis. Part 1: Private Tombs |edition=2nd revised and augmented |location=Oxford |publisher=Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum |year=1960 |pages=304–305, 345–346 |url=https://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/topbib/pdf/pm1-1.pdf |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="Wannan2023pp91-96">{{cite journal |last1=Wannan |first1=Shahhat Ahmed Mohamed |last2=Leblanc |first2=Christian |last3=Abdel-Maguid |first3=Youssef Omar |title=Ramose, the Famous Deir El-Madina scribe [The owner of TT:07, TT:212 and TT:250] |journal=Proceeding of the 1st International Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology, Luxor University |year=2023 |pages=88–105 |url=https://licfa23.conferences.ekb.eg/article_2049.pdf |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> TT7 is interpreted as Ramose's personal tomb, while TT212 and TT250 have been connected respectively with the male and female entourage of Ramose or of his family.<ref name="Wannan2023pp91-96" /><ref name="Gobeil2018pp261-262">{{cite journal |last=Gobeil |first=Cédric |title=Étude de la TT 250 et du village des artisans |journal=Rapport d'activité 2017-2018 de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale |year=2018 |pages=261–262 |url=https://www.ifao.egnet.net/uploads/rapports/Rapport_IFAO_2018.pdf |access-date=25 May 2026 |language=fr}}</ref>

== Tomb owner == {{see|Ramose (TT7)}} TT7 was the tomb of Ramose, a Scribe in the Place of Truth under Ramesses II.<ref name="IFAO7" /> The title connected Ramose with the community of artisans at Deir el-Medina, the village responsible for excavating and decorating the royal tombs of the nearby valleys.<ref name="MuseoEgizioRoom6">{{cite web |title=Reinstallation of Room 6, Deir el-Medina |url=https://www.museoegizio.it/en/explore/news/reinstallation-of-room-6-deir-el-medina |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="240" caption="Ramose"> File:Scribe Rames Louvre E16346.jpg|Statue of Ramose, painted limestone, found in 1939 in the khenu of Ramesses II at Deir el-Medina, room 9, shaft no. 1414. Paris, Louvre (E 16346).<ref name="LouvreRamose">{{cite web |title=Statue |url=https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010009639 |publisher=Musée du Louvre |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> </gallery>

== Objects associated with Ramose == The name of Ramose is attested on several objects from Deir el-Medina now held in the Museo Egizio, including limestone stela fragments acquired during Schiaparelli's 1905 excavation, a limestone statue-base fragment acquired during Schiaparelli's 1909 excavation, a limestone stela dedicated by the royal scribe Ramose to the goddess Qetesh between Min and Reshep, and a limestone pyramidion dated to the Nineteenth Dynasty.<ref name="MuseoEgizioSteleRamose">{{cite web |title=Stela fragments with the name of the scribe Ramose |url=https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_6011__S_06027/ |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="MuseoEgizioBaseRamose">{{cite web |title=Fragment of a statue base with the name of the scribe Ramose |url=https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_9493 |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="MuseoEgizioQadesh">{{cite web |title=Stela dedicated by the royal scribe Ramose to the goddess Qadesh, shown between Min and Reshep |url=https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_1601/ |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref><ref name="MuseoEgizioPyramidion">{{cite web |title=Pyramidion of Ramose |url=https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/Cat_1603 |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref>

[[File:Stela dedicated by Ramose to the goddess Qadesh, shown between Min and Reshep, limestone - Museo Egizio, Turin C 1601 p01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Limestone stela dedicated by the royal scribe Ramose to Qetesh, shown between Min and Reshep, from Deir el-Medina, Nineteenth Dynasty. Museo Egizio, Turin.<ref name="MuseoEgizioQadesh" />]]

<gallery mode="packed" heights="140"> File:Stela fragments with the name of the scribe Ramose, limestone - Museo Egizio (Turin) S 6011 S 06027 p01.jpg|Stela fragments with the name of the scribe Ramose, limestone, from Deir el-Medina, reign of Ramesses II. Museo Egizio, Turin.<ref name="MuseoEgizioSteleRamose" /> File:Fragment of a statue base with the name of the scribe Ramose, limestone - Museo Egizio (Turin) S 9493 p01.jpg|Fragment of a statue base with the name of the scribe Ramose, limestone, from Deir el-Medina, Nineteenth Dynasty. Museo Egizio, Turin.<ref name="MuseoEgizioBaseRamose" /> File:Pyramidion of Ramose, limestone - Museo Egizio (Turin) C 1603 p01.jpg|Pyramidion of Ramose, limestone, from Deir el-Medina, Nineteenth Dynasty. Museo Egizio, Turin.<ref name="MuseoEgizioPyramidion" /> </gallery>

== Excavation and documentation == thumb|View of the valley floor of Deir el-Medina during Schiaparelli's excavations, 1906–1909. Museo Egizio Photo Archive, Turin.<ref name="MuseoEgizioExcavationsVillage">{{cite web |title=Excavations at the village, temple and chapels |url=https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/excavations-at-the-village-temple-and-chapels/ |website=Museo Egizio Photo Archive |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> The photographic database of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale records two exterior photographs of TT7 taken in 1974, and lists a plate published by Bernard Bruyère in 1926 and a publication in preparation by J.-P. Corteggiani.<ref name="IFAO7" /> The Museo Egizio Photo Archive holds a photograph of the west wall of the chapel chamber of TT7, dated to 1905–1914 and recorded under plate C00106.<ref name="MuseoEgizioTT7">{{cite web |title=TT7, tomb of Ramose |url=https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/tt7-tomb-of-ramose/ |website=Museo Egizio Photo Archive |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref>

Between 1905 and 1909, Ernesto Schiaparelli and the Italian Archaeological Mission excavated the site of Deir el-Medina, including the village, the votive area and the necropolis.<ref name="MuseoEgizioRoom6" /> The Museo Egizio Photo Archive also preserves photographs of the Schiaparelli excavations in the village, temple and chapels of Deir el-Medina from 1905 to 1909.<ref>{{cite web |title=Excavations at the village, temple and chapels |url=https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/excavations-at-the-village-temple-and-chapels/ |website=Museo Egizio Photo Archive |publisher=Museo Egizio |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref>

== Description == thumb|right|Decorated west wall of the chapel chamber of TT7, the tomb of Ramose, 1905–1914. Museo Egizio Photo Archive, Turin.<ref name="MuseoEgizioTT7" /> TT7 is situated at the top of a row of tombs at Deir el-Medina, north of TT216 and high above TT212.<ref name="GardinerWeigall1913pp16-17" /> The tomb consists of a court and a chapel.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16">{{cite book |last1=Porter |first1=Bertha |last2=Moss |first2=Rosalind |title=Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. Volume I: The Theban Necropolis. Part 1: Private Tombs |edition=2nd revised and augmented |location=Oxford |publisher=Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum |year=1960 |pages=15–16 |url=https://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/topbib/pdf/pm1-1.pdf |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> The court was enclosed by a brick wall, and the access shaft of TT265, the tomb of Amenemopet, also opened in the same court.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" /> Two niches were cut on either side of the doorway and were intended for two stelae; one of these stelae survives, with a representation of the goddess Hathor and an inscription.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" /> At the entrance, Ramose is shown adoring Atum and Ra-Horakhty, and remains of a figure of the goddess Nut with outstretched arms are also recorded.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" />

The chapel consists of a single chamber with damaged decoration.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" /> The preserved scenes include Amenhotep I, Ahmose-Nefertari, Horemheb and Thutmose IV.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" /> Another scene shows King Ramesses II, followed by the vizier Paser, offering before the Theban Triad: Amun, Mut and Khonsu.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" /> Another wall shows the barque of Osiris flanked by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys.<ref name="PorterMoss1960pp15-16" />

== Other tombs of Ramose at Deir el-Medina == {{see also|TT212|TT250}} In addition to TT7, two other tombs in the same necropolis are attributed to Ramose: TT212 and TT250.<ref name="PorterMoss1960other" /><ref name="Wannan2023pp91-96" /> The three tombs have been interpreted as complexes with different functions: TT7 as Ramose's personal tomb, TT250 as a tomb connected with the female entourage of Ramose or of Mutemwia, and TT212 as an unfinished complex that may have been intended for the male entourage of Ramose.<ref name="Gobeil2018pp261-262" /> TT250 is also traditionally described as the "tomb of the slave women".<ref name="Wannan2023pp91-96" />

== References == {{reflist}}

== Further reading == * {{cite book |last=Bruyère |first=Bernard |title=Rapport sur les fouilles de Deir el Médineh (1935-1940). Troisième partie: Essai biographique sur le scribe royal Ramosé |series=Fouilles de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale |volume=20 |location=Cairo |publisher=Institut français d'archéologie orientale |year=1952 |pages=14–20 |url=https://www.ifao.egnet.net/uploads/publications/enligne/FIFAO020_vol_3.pdf |language=fr}} * {{cite book |last=Davies |first=Benedict G. |title=Who's who at Deir el-Medina |location=Leiden |publisher=Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten |year=1999}} * {{cite journal |last=Exell |first=Karen |title=The senior scribe Ramose (I) and the cult of the king: A social and historical reading of some private votive stelae from Deir el Medina in the reign of Ramesses II |journal=Current Research in Egyptology 2004 |year=2006 |pages=51–67}}

== External links == * [https://www.ifao.egnet.net/bases/archives/ttdem/?tt=7 TT 7 : Râmosé], Institut français d'archéologie orientale * [https://topbib.griffith.ox.ac.uk//dtb.html?topbib=111-090-007 TT7, Topographical Bibliography], Griffith Institute * [https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/tt7-tomb-of-ramose/ TT7, tomb of Ramose], Museo Egizio Photo Archive * {{Commons category-inline|Tomb of Ramose TT7}}

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