The tomb of Padihorresnet TT 196 was excavated and studied by a Belgian mission of the Comité des Fouilles Belges en Égypte from 1971-1992, continued by a Münster mission from 1999-2000 and published in 2003: Erhart Graefe with contributions by Jan Quaegebeur (†), Peter Dils and Dieter Eigner, Das Grab des Padihorresnet, Obervermögensverwalter der Gottesgemahlin des Amun (Thebanisches Grab Nr. 196) = Monumenta Aegyptiaca IX, Turnhout 2003 (2 volumes). Because of the costs, the relief decoration of the staircase, the open court and the underground rooms are not reproduced in photographs. In the 12th campaign in 1981, all areas except those of the staircase were photographed by Patrick Ferryn - at that time analogously, of course. (Picture 1) For this purpose I had a wooden frame made, which allowed to move a sledge for the attachment of a camera each time by 10cm in height. (Picture 2) If the frame could be positioned exactly vertically, one had the possibility to photograph exactly vertically on a wall surface. Because of the height of the walls and the usually relatively small distances to them, partial images were created with the intention of gluing them together later to larger units for a wall height or decoration unit. This worked in principle, but the camera had to be removed and then reattached each time the sledge was raised, resulting in slight lateral shifts, which meant that not all partial images were exactly connected. For this reason, partial images occasionally had to be cut apart along the column dividers in order to obtain a uniform image. Especially with the side surfaces of the pillars of the open court, the camera had to be aligned "blind" because there was no room to see through the viewfinder. Since no black-and-white films could be developed in Luxor at that time, mistakes in the alignment only became visible in Freiburg after my return. Therefore, some complete images are not exactly vertically aligned. The pictures were exposed with artificial light spotlights, which had to be changed again and again in the angle. Therefore, not all surfaces are always uniformly illuminated. In the court it was more difficult. (Picture 3) The back walls behind the pillars were photographed after the spaces between the pillars had been darkened with black curtains. The problem with the open courtyard areas was that on the north side full direct irradiation respectively shadows on the other hand did not allow satisfactory shots and on the other hand, that on the south side the pillars were always in the shade. Therefore, I applied to the Permanent Committee of the Antiquities for permission to take pictures in the dark, i.e. access after 7 pm. The answer was negative, it was said that it was not necessary to have good photos. In the end, I was able to get the inspector to take some of the photos at least on one evening when I promised to stop the excavation two days earlier. I had to do it without the stairwell because the installation of the camera above the steps would have taken too much time. Its surfaces are represented by a few shots that I had taken freehand in the sunlight in the past. I have scanned the pictures of the wall surfaces composed of partial pictures and present them here using a script from Magic Toolbox, Oxford. It allows to zoom into a photo with the mouse. Some wall areas could not be photographed: The inner narrow sides of the half-pillars of the court, because they are at 90 degrees to the smaller sides of the corridor behind the pillars and therefore the camera stand could not be set up. The negative of the image of the area above the false door of the southern side had unfortunately been lost. The pillar surfaces S1 to S3 are each covered on one side by brick barriers for a secondary burial behind them. The bricks were left in place because of the danger of the pillars S2 and S3 collapsing. The passage to room 11 on the left was only restored in 1983 after the 1981 photo campaign and the camera stand could not be set up there either.