KV48
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KV48 |
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| place | Valley of the Kings |
| Discovery date | January 1906 |
| excavation |
Edward Russell Ayrton for Theodore M. Davis |
| Previous KV47 |
The following KV49 |
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KV48 ( King's Valley no. 48 - grave number 48) in the Valley of the Kings belongs to vizier Amenemope , who reigned under Amenophis II (approx. 1428 to 1397 BC) in the 18th dynasty.
architecture
The grave consists of an approximately 6 m deep shaft, at the end of which there is an approximately 8.43 m × 4.69 m large and approximately 2 m high chamber. This is undecorated and has been robbed .
Grave goods
The chamber contained fragments of a black coffin with yellow inscriptions. In addition, there were a rough chair and pottery shards , there was magic brick and some shabtis , bearing the name of the vizier and "head of the city" Amenemope, also called Pairi. He was obviously the owner of the grave. The remains of a mummy certainly belong to him.
To the layout of the grave
The burial chamber of Amenemope is undecorated. This is not surprising as most private burial chambers in the New Kingdom have no wall decorations. Amenemope had a decorated chapel ( TT29 ) in Thebes in which his cult of the dead was performed. As the highest official he enjoyed the right to be buried in the Valley of the Kings. The spatial separation of the actual burial chamber and the cult chapel is documented several times for this period.
See also
literature
- Nicholas Reeves , Richard H. Wilkinson : The Complete Valley of the Kings: tombs and treasures of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs. Thames & Hudson, London 1996, ISBN 0-500-05080-5 , p. 184.
Web links
Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 24 ″ N , 32 ° 36 ′ 2 ″ E