Theban tomb TT23
Burial site ofTjay or Thay called To
Location	Sheikh Abd el-Qurna,Theban Necropolis
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called[1]
Thay called To inhieroglyphs
Era:New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC)

TheTheban TombTT23 is located inSheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of theTheban Necropolis, on the west bank of theNile, opposite toLuxor. It is the burial place of theancient Egyptian official,Tjay or Thay called To, who was a royalscribe of the dispatches of the Lord of the Two Lands, during the19th Dynasty. Thay served during the reign ofMerenptah.

Thay was the son of the scribe of soldiers Khaemteri and Tamy. Two wives are mentioned in TT23. Thay is shown with a wife named Raya, who was chief of the harem ofSobek and another wife who is called Nebettawy.^[1]

Within the tomb there is an image of a scene showing the tomb owner being rewarded while beforeMerenptah.^[2]

• N. de Garis Davies – Nina and Norman de Garis Davies, Egyptologists
• List of Theban tombs

• Theban Tombs – A list of the tombs and tomb-chapels allotted numbers University College London 2013 (shows : Tjay – TT23)

• Scans of Norman and Nina De Garis Davies'tracings of Theban Tomb 23
• B.M. Adams –Tjay Tomb TT23 - Khokha/Sheik Abd el-Qurnapublished by B.M.Adams 02.10.2014 usingweebly – shows 27 photographs of the tomb, (Beware: some of the photographs presented in this webpage are not from TT 23 but of nearby tomb TT 107 of Nefershekheru, royal scribe during the reign of Amenhotep III.)

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