Tomb of Pabasa

Tomb of Pabasa, El Assasif, Egypt c. 664-610 BC

Pabasa was a high official who held the titles “Chief Steward of the God’s Wife Nitocris” under the reign of the Psamtek I (26th Dynasty) in the Late Pharaonic Period (c. 664-610 BC). He had his large mud-brick tomb built at El Assasif. The above finely carved relief is a rare beekeeping scene from one of the columns in the sun court.