Cemetery of Deir el-Medina - Tomb of Erenufor

No. 290 is the Tomb of Erenufor (Ramessid period). A flight of steps runs down to an antechamber, in which is a tomb shaft. Beyond this is a vaulted chamber with excellently preserved texts and scenes from the "Book of the Dead". On the left hand entrance wall are Erenufer and his parents (with gray hair) praying to Ptah. Adjoining is No. 291, the Tomb of Nu and Nakht-Min.

The vaulted chamber, entered from a small forecourt, has fine ceiling decoration. On the left hand wall are the funeral procession and burial rites, painted in white on a gray ground. The other walls show offerings to various members of the family and to Osiris and Hathor.