KV13
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KV13 |
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| place | Valley of the Kings |
| Discovery date | Open since ancient times |
| excavation | 1988 to 1994 Hartwig Altenmüller |
| Previous KV12 |
The following KV14 |
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KV13 is the name of the ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings , which was built for the treasurer Bay . At the end of the 19th dynasty, he was one of the most influential personalities in Egypt.
The grave complex is unfinished and consists of a long corridor that initially led into a first hall. Another corridor followed, in which there was a sarcophagus , and in the back the actual burial chamber, in which there is another sarcophagus.
The proportions of the tomb are almost identical to those of the tomb of Queen Tausret ( KV14 ), under whom Bay served. The decoration is also similar. There are scenes from the Book of the Dead and depictions of the Bay before various deities. King Siptah is depicted several times in the tomb, but it is always Bay who appears directly in front of the deities.
Bay was never buried in the tomb, as he was executed at the end of his career in Siptah's fifth year in power. The sarcophagi that were found here belong to the princes Amunherchepsef and Montuherchepschef . The sarcophagus of Amunherchepsef was originally that of Queen Tausret. Fragments of a canopic jug from Montuherchepschef were found, as well as 16 simple ushabtis and five with the dead book saying 6 with the title and name of the same prince.
See also
literature
- Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs. Thames and Hudson, London 1996, ISBN 0-500-05080-5 , p. 154.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pierre Grandet: L'exécution du chancelier Bay O. IFAO 1864. In: Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (BIFAO) No. 100, Cairo 2000, pp. 339–345 ( online ( memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).
- ^ H Altenmüller: Second preliminary report on the work of the archaeological institute of the University of Hamburg at the grave of the Bay (KV 13) in the Valley of the Kings of Thebes , in Studies on Ancient Egyptian Culture 19 (1992), 22-35
Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 22 " N , 32 ° 35 ′ 58" E