The Theban Tomb of Meru

Meru (overseer of sealers)

Meru was an Ancient Egyptian official under king Mentuhotep II in the Eleventh Dynasty, around 2000 BC. Meru was overseer of sealers at the royal court and therefore one of the highest state officials....

 TT240 is located in the El-Assasif

El-Assasif

The necropolis of el-Assasif is located on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahri, and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.It contains burials of 18th Dynasty and the 25th and 26th Dynasties.- 26th Dynasty :...

 overlooking the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II

Mentuhotep II

Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II was a Pharaoh of the 11th dynasty, the son of Intef III of Egypt and a minor queen called Iah. His own wife was the 'king's mother' Tem. Other wives were Neferu and several secondary wives, one or more who it has been suggested were possibly Nubian, buried in his...

 (around 2000 BC).

Meru was the son of Iku and Nebti.

The tomb consists of a great courtyard at the hills of the El-Assasif. The tomb itself is cut into the rock and consisted of a corridor and a second corridor which goes down to the burial chamber. The first corridor was found undecorated, while the burial chamber is fully decorated with religious texts, several false doors, the depiction of an offering table and an offering list. The sarcophagus of Meru was cut into the ground of the burial chamber and also decorated on its inside.

Meru was a high official under Mentuhotep II with the titles royal sealer and overseer of sealers. He is also known from a big stela now in Turin

Museo Egizio

The Museo Egizio is a museum in Turin, Italy, specialising in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo...

. The stela is dated to year 46 of the king. The provenance of the stela is not known, but comes perhaps from this tomb.