The Nubian monuments on Lake Nasser are well described in Jocelyn Gohary's "Guide to the Nubian Monuments on Lake Nasser" (AUC 1998). Gohary introduces the tomb of Pennut as follows: "After rather a surfeit of temples, the delightful little tomb of Pennut (sometimes transliterated from the hieroglyphs as Penne), comems as a welcome change. It is a small rock-cut tomb belongoing to a high official from the time of Ramesses VI (1141-1133 BC) and was moved during the UNESCO Campaign from its original location at Aniba, forty kilometers to the south of its present site at New Amada".
Inscriptions in the tomb describe Pennut as "Deputy of Wawat, Chief of the Quarries, Steward of Horus, Lord of Miam". His wife Takha was a priestess of in the Temple of Horus at Miam.
The tomb consists of an offering chapel over an underocrated burial chamber. The offering chapel is small, and the decorations are in some cases quite badly damaged. Gohary says that publication of the tomb in 1937 shows that the paintings were virtually intact at that time, whereas now only half of the images survive. The paintings show scenes from Pennut's life.
Inscriptions in the tomb describe Pennut as "Deputy of Wawat, Chief of the Quarries, Steward of Horus, Lord of Miam". His wife Takha was a priestess of in the Temple of Horus at Miam.
The tomb consists of an offering chapel over an underocrated burial chamber. The offering chapel is small, and the decorations are in some cases quite badly damaged. Gohary says that publication of the tomb in 1937 shows that the paintings were virtually intact at that time, whereas now only half of the images survive. The paintings show scenes from Pennut's life.
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