Graveyard in the Western Half Colony
Graveyard in the Western Half Colony
The main burial site is located here. Originally it consisted of a rectangular mud-brick temple with a vaulted roof while a later temple was built in a pyramid shape. The majority of the structure is divided into rectangular areas leading to various underground chambers that served as burial grounds for generations in the Aniba landscape. The burial site is carved into the sandstone outcrop north of the main cemetery. This is the colonial-era burial site of Pennut from the New Kingdom period.
Like the burial sites of Hekanefer and Jehutihotep Pennut's burial site lacks any surviving exterior decorations. The burial site has an entrance to a large rectangular chamber with openings but there are no statues of the deceased and no stone sculptures of gods. There are indications that the interior was unfinished but there is one statue with a carved ram's head possibly representing Hathor and a three-dimensional sculpture of a god.
A bas-relief from the Der Temple in Nubia carved from rock depicts Pharaoh Samses II wearing an Atef crown. The center shows a pedestal for an offering vessel and a sacred boat placed on a base.
The Nubian Egyptian colony was responsible for the sandstone quarrying associated with the Temple of Horus of Miam Pennut the deputy chief of the Vavat in Lower Nubia. Pennut had a wife and two sons and portraits of these individuals and their ancestors appear on the walls of the burial site a large area within the Aniba. During the reign of Pharaoh Ramses VI approximately 1143–1136 BC
The Temple of Der in Lower Nubia depicts Pharaoh Ramses II standing beneath the sacred Persian tree of Heliopolis instead of the Persian tree a symbol of eternal life and divine rule.
the appearance of the tavern before the mountain from which Hathor emerges demonstrates the power of Pennut in the Nubian colony comparable to and dating back to the Ramsesian dynasty as does the tomb of Jehutihotep. The tomb is largely unadorned with painted walls in the first and third main chambers with three main chambers arranged axially and shallow burial chambers accessible via ramps and two side chambers opening from the second main chamber. Inside the tomb carved into the rock corresponds to the Ramsesian Book of the Dead.
A sanctuary niche inside the 20th Dynasty tomb of Pennut in Aniba Lower Nubia Egypt. Above the niche lintel is a bas-relief carving depicting a sun boat and baboons worshipping the rising sun.
On the northeast wall is depicted Pennut his wife and son worshipping the gods Raharakati and Osiris. This scene is also included in the interior walls of the plastered clay pyramid temple decorated with paintings depicting the judgment of the dead before Osiris and Hathor emerging from the mountain. This contrasts sharply with other high-level Nubian tombs conquered by the New Kingdom. The rather elaborate landscape decorations of the Aniba tomb and the wealth of gold bestowed upon it by the Nubian kings were evident.
