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{{Short description|Theban tomb}} {{Infobox Egyptian tomb | theban = yes | name = TT83 | owner = Amethu called Ahmose | image = TT83.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | latd = | latm = | lats = | longd = | longm = | longs = | map_alt = | location = [[Sheikh Abd el-Qurna]] | date = | excavated = | decoration = | layout = | prev = TT82 | next = TT85  }} {{Hiero|Amethu|<hiero>O29:D38-V13-G36</hiero> called <hiero>N11:ms*s</hiero><ref name="PM">Porter and Moss, ''Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis'', p. 167</ref>|align=right|era=nk}} The [[Thebes, Egypt|Theban]] Tomb '''TT83''' is located in [[Sheikh Abd el-Qurna]], part of the [[Theban Necropolis]], on the west bank of the [[Nile]], opposite to [[Luxor]]. It is the burial place of the [[ancient Egypt]]ian official, [[Amethu called Ahmose]], who was the Governor of the town and [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|Vizier]]. Amethu called Ahmose dates to the [[Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt]], from the time of [[Tuthmosis III]].<ref name="PM"/>

The tomb was known in the 19th century when the Egyptologist Sir [[John Gardiner Wilkinson]] lived in the tomb in the 1820s.<ref>Paul T. Nicholson, "Glass Vessels from the Reign of Thutmose III and a Hitherto Unknown Glass Chalice", ''Journal of Glass Studies'', Vol. 48 (2006), p. 17</ref>

==Family== Amethu called Ahmose and his wife Ta-Amethu were the parents of the Vizier [[Useramen]] ([[TT131]]) and [[Neferweben]] and the grandparents of the Vizier [[Rekhmire]] ([[TT100]]).<ref name="PM"/>

==Tomb== The tomb consists of a portico and an inner room. The ceiling of the portico show remains of the titles of the deceased. The inner room contains scenes depicting rites before the mummy and provide the name and titles of Useramen.<ref name="PM"/>

==See also== * [[List of Theban tombs]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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