Petosiris Cemetery
This tomb, discovered in 1919, belongs to the priest of the Ptolemaic period, Petosiris, who held the title of High Priest of Thoth. It dates back to the 4th century BCE, around 320 BCE. The tomb is shaped like a temple, and its facade resembles some architectural elements of the Temple of Esna. Kalabsha, where the facade features wall curtains made up of four connected columns reaching up to the middle of the column shafts.
The Petosiris Cemetery consists of two halls: the first is a transverse hall called the pronaos, and the other is an inner hall called the sarcophagus hall, supported by four columns. The cemetery contains underground burial chambers.
The most notable feature of the cemetery is the scenes of daily life. The daily diary, engraved on the walls of the first hall, depicts agricultural activities such as harvesting grain and flax, animal husbandry, grape pressing, as well as scenes of craftsmanship like metalworking, perfume making, and woodworking. These are typical inscriptions and scenes found in tombs of the Old and New Kingdoms, blending Egyptian and Greek artistic styles.
The inner hall or sarcophagus hall mainly contains religious scenes in a purely Egyptian style.