Khaemhet was a royal scribe and ‘Overseer of the Granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt’ during the 18th Dynasty reign of Amenhotep III. 

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On the left-hand side of the entrance wall Khaemhet is shown in offering scenes to Amun-Re-Horakhty with butchers and offering bringers below. Agricultural scenes follow, showing the measuring and recording of the crop. The serpent-goddess Renenutet (Termuthis) in a shrine, suckles the infant king while Khemhet offers a sheaf of corn to her. At the end of this wall there are scenes of freight ships being unloaded and produce taken to market.

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The right-hand side of the entrance wall depicts more agricultural scenes, with men measuring the crop. A mule-chariot is waiting while food is being prepared under the trees. A man is also asleep and a boy drinks from a waterskin under a tree while others are threshing grain, ploughing with oxen and felling trees. The harvest is offered to the gods and Khaemhet is also shown giving offerings on braziers.

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Inside the wide passage on the left-hand side the funeral procession is depicted moving towards Osiris and the Western Goddess. The usual portrayals of mourners and burial goods are shown with boats below.

On the right-hand side wall the funeral rites are continued, showing Khaemhet in the ‘Fields of Iaru’, the idyllic Netherworld. The ‘Abydos Pilgrimage’ is also depicted here – note one of the boats even contains a horse and chariot. Priests and mourning women pay their respects to the deceased.

The passage leads to another transverse inner chamber with three statue niches each containing the remains of statues of the deceased and his relatives. There are also offering texts and litanies inscribed on the walls.

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pieces of wall paintings are now preserved in the Berlin Museum.