Pabasa

Ancient Egyptian noble
Pabasa
Chief Steward of the God's Wife of Amun
Sarcophagus of Pabasa at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.
Dynasty26th of Egypt
PharaohPsamtik I
BurialTT279

The ancient Egyptian noble Pabasa was chief steward of the God's Wife of Amun Nitocris I during the Saite Period.[1] He is buried in tomb TT279, which is located in the El-Assasif, part of the Theban Necropolis, near Thebes.[2]

His sarcophagus was acquired in Paris in 1836 by Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and was kept at Hamilton Palace until it was given to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow by the Hamilton Estate Trustees in 1922.[3]

One of Pabasa's grandsons was Pedubast, the chief steward and overseer of Upper Egypt, whose burial was discovered in 2015, located within the tomb TT391 at El-Assasif.[4]

  • Plan of Pabasa's tomb, TT279
    Plan of Pabasa's tomb, TT279
  • Relief from TT279 depicting Nitocris I (left) and her father Psamtik I (center) before Ra-Horakhty (right)
    Relief from TT279 depicting Nitocris I (left) and her father Psamtik I (center) before Ra-Horakhty (right)

References

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  1. ^ Alessia Amenta, Araldo De Luca, Ägyptisches Museum Kairo, National Geographic 2002, pp.228f.
  2. ^ Jean Leclant, Egypt, Nagel Publishers, 1972, p.537
  3. ^ RCAHMS reconstruction of Hamilton Palace
  4. ^ El-Aref, Nevine (August 30, 2015). "The tomb of the 26th dynasty ruler of Upper Egypt uncovered in Assassif, Luxor". Ahram Online. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
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