ABSTRACT
In order to estimate the full extent of the Theban necropolis during the New Kingdom and in particular during the Eighteenth dynasty a study of the extant tombs is by no means sufficient. Many tombs have not survived, and only a very small proportion of even these are dealt with in detail in our study of 'lost tombs'. It is possible to gain an approximate idea of the total amount of lost tombs by examining the so-called 'funerary cones'. The New Kingdom 'Egyptian' tombs at 'Aniba seem to have been made either for Egyptian officials there or for the local people. Penne, the deputy for Wawat whose painted tomb is the best preserved at 'Aniba, has not left us any funerary cones, Anu had a tomb executed with pyramidion and funerary cones. However, cones of his have also been found at Thebes. Steindorff suggested that the 'Aniba tomb was a cenotaph and that the real tomb was at Thebes.
