longevity and circumstances of the tomb owners' deaths are unknown. the limestone sarcophagi beneath the mastaba were ransacked and wooden coffins of later date interred in the burial chambers. booth, citing others, adheres to the theory that khnumhotep died first, leaving niankhkhnum to complete the tomb's art. this conclusion was drawn from khnumhotep's "jmax" epithets (see titulary section), a style of beard he wears, and exclusion of his wife at the banquet scene when niankhknum's was originally there.