TT139

The Tomb of the Nobles (Theban tomb) TT139 is located at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor in Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles was intended for the burials of nobles and officials connected to the ruling houses, especially of the powerful New Kingdom of Egypt from the 18th dynasty to the 20th dynasty. However, the area had already been used as a burial necropolis since the Old Kingdom of Egypt and, subsequently, up to the Saite period (with the 26th dynasty) and Ptolemaic period. It is the tomb of Pairy or Pairi (Pȝ-jrj), a wab-priest of Amun, overseer of the peasants, dating from the reign of king Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty of Egypt). Pairy also held the title of "High Priest of Ptah at Karnak under Amenhotep III. One of the tomb's chapel walls shows Pairy making offerings to his parents; Pairy's father is identified as a certain Shuroy who was a serving priest and servant of the gods Ptah and Hathor at Thebes.

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