page_title: Setau
section_title: Burial
hierarchical_section_title: Setau / Burial
caption_attribution_description: English: Sarcophagus (lid) of Setjau, viceroy of Kush under Ramses II. British Museum
context_page_description: Setau was the Viceroy of Kush in the second half of Ramesses II's reign. Contemporary records show that Setau served in this position from Year 38 until at least Year 63 of Ramesses II's reign. Setau was "a graduate of the royal school" and already enjoyed an impressive record of royal service which is detailed in a long autobiographical inscription carved at Wadi es-Sebua. The temple of Wadi es-Sebua was built for Ramesses II by Setau around 1236 BC or Year 44 of this pharaoh's reign. Eleven of his stela, now in the Cairo Museum, were found in the courtyard of this temple and make it possible to establish his career and understand the precise duties of a viceroy. Setau states:
context_section_description: Setau's tomb (TT289) is located in the Dra' Abu el-Naga' area of the Theban Necropolis.
  The tomb is large and decorated with scenes ranging from a funeral procession, to scenes from the book of the dead, to scenes of Setau – sometimes with his wife Nofretmut – before deities. Finds include the forementioned fragments of the granite sarcophagus of Setau, and a coffin lid of Setau's wife with figures of Thoth and Imset. Setau reused the pyramid belonging to tomb 288 which belonged to Bekenkhons whose tomb is also dated to the Ramesside period.
caption: Sarcophagus lid of Setau (British Museum)
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