TO B

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AN B
Tomb of Ahmose Nefertari , Amenophis I (?)

place Dra Abu el-Naga
Discovery date Before 1907
excavation Howard Carter
Howard Carter grave plan 1916

AN B is the name of an ancient Egyptian tomb that is located in Dra Abu el-Naga . It is in the 18th Dynasty dated and may provide a double grave of Queen Ahmose Nefertari and her son Amenhotep I represent.

construction

AN B is probably a queen's grave, which was subsequently expanded to accommodate a royal burial. The tomb has an elongated floor plan and was built in two phases. At the end of the first corridor there is a well shaft , from which a second passage leads off and ends in a large burial chamber. The well shaft is a characteristic feature of royal tombs of the New Kingdom and was possibly carved into the rock at the same time as the grave was expanded.

Assignment

The tomb was discovered by locals before 1907 and was considered the only candidate for the tomb of Amenhotep I until the uncovering of KV39 in the Valley of the Kings .

Howard Carter uncovered various stone vessel fragments with the names of the Hyksos king Apophis I and his daughter Heret , as well as of Ahmose I , Ahmose Nefertari and Amenophis I to light . He assigned the grave to Ahmose Nefertari and Amenophis I, who were both venerated as the patron gods of the Theban necropolis and shared a mortuary temple called " Men-isut " near the site . This could correspond to a temple mentioned in the Abbott Papyrus , which is said to have been located near Amenhotep's tomb. In addition, Carter identified a northern rock pile with the ahay mentioned in the papyrus , which is another clue for the location of the grave.

In identifying himself, Carter made the mistake of equating the dimensions given in the Abbott Papyrus with the internal dimensions of AN B. Since the inspectors at the time of Ramses IX. but found an intact grave, the interior was presumably inaccessible to them.

literature

  • Howard Carter : Report on the tomb of zeser - ka - ra Amenhetep I, discovered by the Earl of Carnavon in 1914 . In: Journal of Egyptian Archeology . No. 3. London 1916, p. 147-154 .

Web links

  • Grave AN B Illustration on the website of Nicholas Reeves

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d N. Reeves, RH Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. P. 90.

Coordinates: 25 ° 41 ′ 54.9 ″  N , 32 ° 34 ′ 16.5 ″  E