From an Eighteenth Dynasty Elite Individual’s Tomb to a Coptic Structure: The Tomb of the Overseer of the Seal,Ty

This paper aims to shed light on the recently identified tomb of the overseer of the seal, Ty, who served during the reigns of both Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. The work discussed here derives from excavations in Western Thebes for the New Kingdom Research Foundation (NKRF) in November 2021 in the burial ground known as Wadi 300. Excavation results from this tomb and the surrounding area confirm that it was re-modelled and re-used during the Coptic or Late Antique Period as part of a habitation rather than a tomb. Beside Ty’s tomb, we also discovered in the same necropolis a number of other tombs belonging to other high-status officials from the same period, including the king’s sons Inebny, Montuiwy, and Renna.