page_title: TT57
section_title: Broad Hall
hierarchical_section_title: TT57 / Broad Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Scene from the Theban tomb of Khaemhat, TT57
context_page_description: The Theban Tomb TT57 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official, Khaemhat who was royal scribe and overseer of double granary, during the reign Amenhotep III. The relief decoration of the tomb is regarded as the best of New Kingdom art.
  It seems that the tomb of Khaemhat was always exposed and known. Many early travelers visited the tomb and made drawings of the scenes. These include Nestor L'Hôte and the expedition guided by Karl Richard Lepsius. They also copied and published several scenes. Other travelers made squeezes of the reliefs.
  The tomb lies directly next to TT102 and TT126. Tomb TT102 belongs to the royal scribe Imhotep who dates to the reign of Amenhotep III too. Imhotep appears also in tomb TT57 and he is indeed Khaemhat's father. TT102 was perhaps built at the same time as TT57. Tomb TT126 is much later and belongs to a certain Hormose, who might date to the Saite-Period. All three tombs share a courtyard as entrance area.
context_section_description: From the courtyard, there is an entrance to a broad hall that is fully decorated with reliefs. The passage to the hall is on the south side inscribed with a hymn to the sun-god Ra. The depictions in relief in the broad hall are mainly about the life of Khaemhat as overseer of the double granary. Unlike some other tombs of the same period, scenes, such as fishing and fowling do not take much space. Instead, one part of the tomb is mainly dedicated to the relation of the tomb owner to the king.
caption: Khaemhat before the king, scene on the southern side of the west wall of the first hall
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