TT1 is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian official Sennedjem and members of his family in Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor.

The tomb was cleared quickly by Eduardo Toda y Güell and Jan Herman Insinger on behalf of Gaston Maspero, the head of the Antiquities Service.

From there, some of the objects, including the coffins and mummies of Iyneferti, Khonsu, and Tamaket, were sold to museum and private collections around the world to fund further excavation work in Egypt.

Sennedjem was an ancient Egyptian official during the reigns of the pharaohs Seti I and Ramesses II of the Nineteenth Dynasty[1] in the early 13th century BC.

[2] He bore the title "servant in the Place of Truth" (sḏm ꜥš m s.t mꜣꜥ.t),[3] which indicates he was part of the community of royal tomb builders at Deir el-Medina.

Sennedjem and one or two of his sons lived in a cluster of houses in the newly built southern part of Deir el-Medina, close to the family tomb.

[22] The scene continued onto the rear (west) wall, where the mummy, supported by a kneeling man, stands before a pyramid chapel; priests administer funerary rites.

A band of hieroglyphic text, preserved only in small sections, gave Khonsu's name and title, and served to divide the wall decoration from the ceiling all around the chapel.

The central shaft, numbered P1182, is located at the very front of the enclosure and is 6.1 metres (20 ft) long and contains two adjoining subterranean rooms.

[31] On 31 January, Maspero was informed of the find and visited with Urbain Bouriant, Eduardo Toda y Güell and Jan Herman Insinger on 1 February.

[38] The subterranean parts of TT1 are accessed via a 6 metres (20 ft) deep vertical shaft cut into the courtyard in front of Sennedjem's chapel.

Anciently, a (wooden) door closed the shaft from the rest of the sepulchre; the limestone lintel and doorjambs named Sennedjem, Iyneferti, Khabekhnet, and Khonsu.

[39] The shaft against the south wall leads to another smaller storeroom approximately 2 metres (6.6 ft) long; it contained plain ceramics.

However, the Egyptologist Gema Menéndez suggests the decoration was done by two artists with very similar styles, presumably a master who did the bulk of the work, and an apprentice who painted parts of the ceiling.

[45] The lowest register of the south wall depicts a family banquet, separated into left (east) and right (west) sides by the doorway.

[8] Closest to the doorway is Sennedjem's father Khabekhnet, his mother Tahenu and possible grandmother Rusu who are also attended by a son named Roma; an additional daughter is seated beneath a chair.

[52][47] On the right, in a scene referencing the weighing of the heart, Sennedjem is escorted by Anubis into the presence of Osiris, who stands in a booth flanked by eyes of Horus and imiut fetishes.

[55] Their son Rahotep sails a papyrus skiff, and his brother Khonsu performs the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual for his father's mummy.

Sennedjem and Iyneferti plough the soil, and plant and harvest crops, surrounded by a familiar Nile environment of palm trees and sycamores, flowers such as cornflowers and poppies, and irrigation canals.

The fourth scene depicts the goddess Nut as a sycamore tree offering food and drink to Sennedjem and Iyneferti who kneel in adoration of her.

[57] The layout of the scenes on the ceiling is similar to that seen on coffins, with transverse and vertical bands of text addressing funerary gods in the same order.

Remaining personal possessions included Sennedjem's work tools, among which were a right-angle level and a cubit rod, and nine inscribed walking sticks.

The coffin decoration is typical of the time period but entirely yellow with coloured scenes instead of black-based with gilded bands and figures.

His mummy board, placed inside the coffin atop the body, depicts him as a young man in a wig, broad collar, and white linen kilt.

The lid is divided by vertical and horizontal bands of text; the space between depicts Anubis as a jackal, mourning goddesses, and Khonsu himself adoring Osiris.

She wears a long wig with a floral fillet topped with lotus flowers; two pairs of earrings (studs and hoops) emerge from her hair.

A skull donated by Toda to the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer is from a woman aged in her thirties who is thought to be one of Sennedjem's daughters or granddaughters; the associated mandible belonged to an unknown man.

All the chests are shaped like a shrine with a sloping roof and are painted with figures of the goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Neith, and Serket and speeches by each taken from the Book of the Dead.

[94] The Boulaq Museum in Cairo lacked the space to properly house the contents of TT1; key pieces were placed on display while the rest was kept in storerooms or in outside areas.

[95][33] Maspero offered mummies and artefacts for sale, writing to his wife Louise that he hoped to get 60 or 80 guineas to fund the excavation of the Great Sphinx of Giza and Luxor's temples.