![]() ![]() The substructure of the tomb consists of a 10 m deep shaft in the centre of the inner courtyard. During the 19th Dynasty, Tia demolished Ramose’s outer courtyard to make way for the construction of his own pyramid. The Berlin stela originally stood against the west wall of the outer courtyard, where the remains of a companion piece are still extant. This may be due to the unfinished state of the tomb. Likewise, limestone revetment (now completely robbed away) was restricted to the central chapel and the walls flanking its entrance. The floors are of compacted mud, except for the central chapel which had proper limestone paving. All walls are built in mudbrick there are no pylons but instead the gateways have westward returns for the walls to appear thicker. It consists of an outer courtyard, an inner courtyard, and three chapels (the central one with two columns, probably to carry the weight of a small pyramid on the roof). The superstructure is 23 m long and 8.8 m wide. The tomb is situated on the north side of Horemheb’s, along its western end. Ramose’s monument was rediscovered and fully excavated in 1986. ![]() His tomb was plundered in antiquity, then revisited by art robbers in the 19th century who sold the stela to the Berlin Museum. Otherwise, nothing is known of this army officer who must have lived during the end of the 18th Dynasty. Ramose appears to have died childless: his funerary rites were performed by his brother Tjay instead of by the expected eldest son. Doubtless, he owed the privilege to be buried next to his master to this trusted position. He is there represented behind the chair of his superior and must have been an assistant of the general. The Troop-commander and Deputy of the Army Ramose is mentioned in the adjacent tomb of Horemheb. ![]()
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