Servant in the Place of Truth

Servant in the Place of Truth
in hieroglyphs

sḏm-ꜥš m st mꜣꜥt, usually translated as Servant in the Place of Truth is an ancient Egyptian title that is used to refer to someone who worked in the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes.^[1] Set-Maat (Ancient Egyptian: st mꜣꜥt "Place of Truth") was the name of the workmen's settlement today known as Deir el-Medina. Several artisans had nicely decorated tombs here.

Notable persons and their tombs

Scene from Sennedjem's tomb

Fragment of an unfinished stela: offering of the Servant of the Place of Truth Mahu, to the gods Amun, Mut and Meretseger. Limestone, red and black inks. 1292-1190 BC, New Kingdom. Museo Egizio, Turin (Coll. 1580).

Amenmose – TT9
Khabekhnet – TT2
Khawy – TT214
Neferabet – TT5
Pashedu – TT3
Penamun – TT213
Penbuy and Kasa – TT10
Qen – TT4
Sennedjem – TT1
Sennefer – 1159a

References

^ Jaroslav Černý (2004). A Community of Workmen at Thebes in the Ramesside Period. Cairo: IFAO. p. 29.

External links

Media related to Deir el-Medina at Wikimedia Commons

Images of Deir el-Medina : Past & Present

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[1] Jaroslav Černý (2004). A Community of Workmen at Thebes in the Ramesside Period. Cairo: IFAO. p. 29.

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