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Khaemhat e Imhotep

One of the statuary groups in the Inner Chamber: the figures of Khaemhat and Imhotep (royal scribe, possibly related to Khaemhat) are depicted seated and are carved in the limestone in which the tomb is excavated. The statues are damaged and covered with a black patina (the tomb was desecrated in ancient times and the patina is due to fumes from cooking fires from when the tomb was used as a dwelling). Of the figure on the left, the head and most of the torso are lost. The one on the right wears a 'double' wig, characteristic of the reign of Amenhotep III, and has his arms crossed at chest height. Around his neck he wears a wesekh collar and two heart-shaped amulets. In the space between the legs of the two statues is a relief representing Teye, Khaemhat's wife.

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