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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 funerary complex consists of three pyramid-shaped chapels dedicated to, from south to north, Sennedjem's father or brother, Sennedjem himself, and to Sennedjem's son Khonsu. Of the three shafts associated with the chapels, only the shaft in front of Sennedjem's chapel was unrobbed. It led to a series of underground rooms, including the extensively decorated burial chamber.

The undisturbed tomb was discovered in January 1886 in excavations by Gurnawi local Salam Abu Duhi and three others. The single room contained 165 objects, including over 20 burials belonging to family members of Sennedjem. Nine burials were placed in coffins while the rest were placed on the floor. Sennedjem and his son Khonsu had the most elaborate burials, both being provided with a sarcophagus or outer rectangular coffin; these larger coffins were found disassembled and placed against a wall. Sennedjem's mummy was equipped with one inner anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin, a mummy board, and a mummy mask, while Khonsu had two nested anthropoid coffins and a mask. Sennedjem's wife Iyneferti was buried in a single human shaped coffin with a mummy board and mask. The wife of Khonsu, Tameket, was placed into one coffin with a mummy board, while their daughter Isis was given only a coffin and mask. For the other 11 people buried there, their exact relation to Sennedjem is unclear due to the lack of inscriptions.

The tomb was cleared quickly by Eduardo Toda y Güell and Jan Herman Insinger on behalf of Gaston Maspero. The burial goods included many ushabti, canopic chests and pieces of furniture. The contents of the tomb were transferred to the Boulaq Museum in Cairo. 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. The most important items outside Egypt went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Egyptian Museum of Berlin; the exact locations of other pieces are now largely unknown.