KV58
|
KV58 |
|
|---|---|
| place | Valley of the Kings |
| Discovery date | January 1909 |
| excavation | E. Harold Jones for Theodore M. Davis |
| Previous KV57 |
The following KV59 |
.png)
KV58 is the name of an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings , which so far could not be assigned to any person. Exact dating is uncertain. Due to its location and the finds, the grave is dated to the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom . It is also known as the so-called Chariot Tomb ("chariot grave").
Discovery and excavation
The grave was discovered in January 1909 by E. Harold Jones, who was digging for Theodore M. Davis. Davis attributed the grave in his publication, however, to Edward R. Ayrton with the discovery year 1907. The excavations were carried out entirely by Jones in 1909.
Location and architecture
KV58 is located near Haremhab's grave and is considered to be the "satellite grave" of KV57 due to its location and construction . The tomb consists of two descending corridors (A and B). The adjoining and only chamber is undecorated and has a size of 19.66 m². The total volume of the plant is 48.86 m³. The entrance shaft is now filled with rubble and blocks the entrance to the chamber.
Finds
Jones found the various objects after about two meters in the rubble of the corridor and in the chamber. None of the objects found in KV58 indicate the person who was originally buried here. Only an unlabeled shabti figure made of calcite could be assigned to a burial. The remaining finds were small pieces of crumpled or rolled up gold foil, possibly from a chariot harness , three buttons made of calcite, 18 gilded urea made of bronze and furniture fragments from the 28th Dynasty .
Meaning of the finds
Davis' catalog lists a total of 15 different gold foil fragments with different motifs: bound enemies, chariot motifs with a king or floral ornaments. Some of the pieces only bear the name Ejes or Tutankhamun in cartouches together with his great royal wife Ankhesenamun . On a gold foil ( Egyptian Museum Cairo : JE 57438) Tutankhamun, Ankhesenamun and Eje are named together, whereby Eje's name is not written in a cartouche in this case. This little scene shows the reigning king slaying an enemy in the middle, Anchesenamun and Eje to the left and right of him.
Nicholas Reeves suggested that these items came from WV23 , Ejes' tomb, and that KV58 suggests a reburial of this king near KV57. According to him, there is also the possibility that the grave was used as a hiding place for mummies .
See also
literature
- Theodore M. Davis, Gaston Maspero , George Darressy: The tombs of Harmhabi and Touatânkhamanou. Duckworth, London 2001, ISBN 0-7156-3072-5 .
- Nicholas Reeves, Richard H. Wilkinson : The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Econ, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-8289-0739-3 , pp. 129 and 186.
- CN Reeves: Valley of the Kings. The decline of a royal necropolis. Routledge, New York 1990, ISBN 0-7103-0368-8 , pp. 72-75.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicholas Reeves, Richard. H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Munich 1997, p. 186.
- ↑ Theban Mapping Project: KV58 - Measurements ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aidan Dodson : Amarna Sunset. Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation. The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, ISBN 978-977-416-304-3 , p. 67.
- ↑ Nicholas Reeves, Richard. H. Wilkinson: The Valley of the Kings. Mysterious realm of the dead of the pharaohs. Munich 1997, p. 129.
Coordinates: 25 ° 44 ′ 24 ″ N , 32 ° 36 ′ 4 ″ E