title: TT156
text: # TT156
  
  Pennesuttawy :
  
  Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) :
  
  Egyptian hieroglyphs :
  
  The Theban Tomb TT156 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Pennesuttawy, who was a troop commander and superintendent of the Southern Desert Lands during the reign of Ramesses II in the Nineteenth Dynasty.
  
  ## Tomb
  
  The tomb was already known to Champollion. He had given it the number 43.
  
  The tomb consists of a hall, pillared hall, a shrine, and a burial chamber.
  
  * In the hall are seated statues of Pennesuttawy and his wife the chantress of Amun, Maia.
  * In the pillared hall Pennesuttawy appears before different gods and goddesses, including Maat, Nut, Re-Harakhti, and Shu.
  * On the inner doorway to the shrine Pennesuttawy is shown with his wife Maia, his son the first stablemaster of His Majesty, Nakhtmin, and his daughter named Baketwerner who was a Chantress of Amun.
  * The burial chamber is decorated with scenes on the north, east and south wall.
  
  Finds from the tomb include a brick of Pennesuttawy (now in the Philadelphia University Museum). The tomb was later reused during the 21st Dynasty and the 22nd Dynasty.
  
  