TT219

TT219, or "Tomb of Nebenmaat”, is the tomb of the ancient Egyptian artisan Nebenmaat and members of his family in Deir el-Medina, near modern Luxor, Egypt. Nebenmaat was the son of the owner of tomb TT218, Amennakht who, as Nebenmaat's father, was the first to build his tomb in this area. Tomb TT219 along with the neighbouring family tombs TT218 and TT220 was discovered in 1928 by the French Egyptologist Bernard Bruyère.

Tomb TT220 belongs to Amennakht's second son, the workman Khaemteri and Nebenmaat’s brother. All three individuals were active during the long reign of king Ramesses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Nebemaat himself served as an artisan who decorated tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Theban Theban tomb (TT) 219 sits within the ancient Egyptian village of Deir el Medina and was the burial place of Nebenmaat, and his wife Mertesger who served under king Ramesses II. In his tomb, Nebenmaat was called “Servant in the Place of Truth on the West of Thebes”, meaning that he worked in the Valley of the Kings likely as an artisan. While Nebenmaat, his father Amennakht and his brother Khemteri decorated beautiful royal tombs, they also created elaborate tombs for themselves and their families. The importance of these Theban Tombs TT218, TT 219 and TT220 rely on the fact that they form a group belonging to a single family, i.e. the family of the workman Amennakht who lived under the reign of Ramesses II. All 3 Tombs share an entrance and outer chamber, lined with images of gods and goddesses and text from the funerary text, The Book of the Dead.