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Ptahemhat depicted himself also in his tomb (TT. 77) while he displaying royal gifts to temple. The king seated upon a throne in kiosk with captives with name rings (blank) on base. Another scene for Tuthmosis IV and Ptahemhat with military escort before.
There are also scenes from the time of king Amenhotep III, one found in (TT. 226) of Heqareshu, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. On the western wall of the tomb's hall, there is a scene for the king with queen Mutemwia inside kiosk with foreigners on base. Opposite are two men bowing, followed by the tombs owner. Each of the man is holding a fan towards the king, while the owner is offering on a stand collection of pieces of jewelry, including two engraved with the praenomen of the king. (Fig.
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48) of Amenemhat. The western wall of this tomb shows scenes from a harvest festival celebrated by Amenhotep III, and it parallels in tombs (TT. 120), (TT. 96), and (TT. 53). The king is shown making offerings and adoring the gods and on the eastern wall the king is shown followed by his ka. The northern wall shows more scenes of king Amenhotep III. Amenemhat depicted as he appears before his king who is seated in a kiosk. Other scenes show the king slaying enemies.
Images of statues of the king and Queen Teye are shown as they are waiting to be consecrated. Equipment shown in the tomb represents items made for the Sed festival in year 30 of Amenhotep III. The walls on both sides of the entrance to the passage are decorated with depiction of the king on his throne. We also found this type of decoration in (TT. 73), but in (TT. 48) is higher
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226) and (TT. 120) decorated with the sign of union and omitting the bound captives, which we find in tombs; (TT. 57) and (TT. 192) (on the throne of queen Teye), but its arm support shows the more elaborate type of these latter seizes all countries, nb mAat Re given life. Again, King Amenhotep III in kiosk similar to the last kiosk with some remains of statues of Amenhotep III and Teye, and the deceased stands in front of him waving his fan towards the king, in his capacity of "Fan-bearer on the king's right". (Fig. 10) The last scene for the king receiving gifts is from (TT. 192) of Kheruef at Assasif, from the reign of Amenhotep III/ Amenhotep IV. King Amenhotep III and queen Teye with tomb’s owner offers decorative floral vase and necklaces to

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