Seven seasons at Dra Abu El-Naga. The tomb of Huy (tt14): preliminary results

The Italian Expedition at Dra Abu el-Naga (M.I.D.A.N.- Missione Italiana a Dra Abu el-Naqa) -University of Pisa - has been working in the northern area of theTheban necropolis since 2003. Work started with the study and archaeological investiqation ofTT 14, a small Ramesside tomb who had been decorated for Huy,a priest attached to the cult of the divinized king Amenhotep I.The paintings on the walls of his tomb had never been published, nor had its funerary sector and forecourt excavated before our intervention. Soon, in 2004, while digging the sloping passage of TT14, a new tomb - older than it - was dìscovered, connected to the previous one through a secondary - also unknown - tomb ("E"). We stili lack the name of the originai owner of the new tomb; it is therefore named after the expedition's acronym and the year of the first archaeological season in it:M.I.D.A.N.05.
This publication focuses onTT Hgiving a description of its architecture, its evolution,the history of its occupation - as this can be reconstructed on the grounds of the evidence collected until now - ano its finds. Nonetheless, it also represents a preliminary discussion of our results in understanding the history of M1D.A.N.05,TT 14 and E, their relationship, and the way they fitted into the surrounding landscape and changed in a changing context.