General Site Information
Structure: KV 13
Location: Valley of the Kings, East Valley, Thebes West Bank, Thebes
Owner: Bay (also called Ramesse Khamenteru, (died 1192 BC))
Year 5 III Shemu the 27th. On this day, the scribe of the tomb Paser came announcing 'Pharaoh LPH, has killed the great enemy Bay.(sm3 Pr-‘3 ‘.w.s. khrw ‘3 B3y)'
Other designations: 19 [Hay], Commencement d'excavation ou grotte fermée [Description], E [Burton], G (?) [Pococke]
Site type: Tomb
Description: The tomb of Bay is situated at the end of the southwest branch of the southwest wadi, close to the tombs of Sety II, Tausert and Siptah. The architecture and decoration closely resemble that of the tomb of Queen Tausert.
It consists of three corridors (B, C, D) followed by two chambers (E, F), two further corridors (G, H), two side chambers off the second (Ha-b), and a burial chamber (J). The tomb has suffered structural damage from floods, and all the ceilings of the tomb have collapsed.
The walls were probably decorated originally with painted plaster and relief. Severe floods have caused the loss of the plaster, however, and now only traces of decoration remain in places where the artist was working on thin plaster and the chiseling cut into the bedrock. The remaining decoration echoes that in KV 14 and represents the deceased with deities (corridor B, corridor D) and parts of the Book of the Dead (corridor C).
Noteworthy features: This is one of the rare non-royal tombs cut in the Valley during Dynasty 19. The tomb also demonstrates the late Rameside practice of re-using abandoned tombs for the burial of royal family members, containing two sarcophagi from this period.
Axis in degrees: 292.91
Axis orientation: West
Site Location
Latitude: 25.44 N
Longitude: 32.36 E
Elevation: 184.87 msl
North: 99,406.200
East: 93,967.825
JOG map reference: NG 36-10
Modern governorate: Qena (Qina)
Ancient nome: 4th Upper Egypt
Surveyed by TMP: Yes
Measurements
Maximum height: 2.75 m
Mininum width: 0.85 m
Maximum width: 5.09 m
Total length: 71.37 m
Total area: 180.99 m²
Total volume: 381.67 m³
Additional Tomb Information
Entrance location: Base of sheer cliff
Owner type: Official
Entrance type: Ramp
Interior layout: Corridors and chambers
Axis type: Straight
Categories of Objects Recovered
Tomb equipment
Vessels
Site History
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| Prince Mentuherkhepeshef |
A slight deviation in orientation between corridor G and corridor H led Altenmüller to suggest that originally the tomb was only finished until corridor G, and that corridor H and the burial chamber J were additions in Dynasty 20. The tomb was partly accessible since antiquity, but no late graffiti are recorded.
Dating:
This site was used during the following period(s):
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| prince Amenherkhepshef |
New Kingdom, Dynasty 20, Rameses III
History of Exploration
Pococke, Richard (1737-1738): Mapping/planning
Napoleonic Expedition (1799): Mapping/planning
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (1817): Visit
Burton, James (1825): Mapping/planning
Altenmüller, Hartwig (1988-1994): Excavation
Conservation
Conservation history: During clearance, plaster was applied to the walls and ceiling in the rear chambers. Following the 1994 floods, a covered passage was built over entryway A.
Site condition: The tomb is located beneath a cascade from the Valley of the Kings drainage basin above the cliff. This position has made it particularly susceptible to flooding. At least four floods were responsible for the extensive damage to decoration and architecture, and they filled the tomb with debris. As a result, most of the painted plaster sunk relief decoration on the walls has been lost, with traces preserved only when the artist cut into the stone surface beneath the plaster coating.
Corridor C
The second corridor has suffered severe flood damage and ceiling has collapsed. A ceiling recess is located at the beginning of the corridor, and a pair of beam holes are located at the end.
The decoration in the second corridor parallels the decoration in the tomb of Tausert. On the left (south) wall are traces of representations of the winged Ma'at, kneeling on a basket over Nile water lilies. This is followed by gates and guardians from the Book of the Dead. At the first gate, Bay stands before the lion-headed guardian. At the third gate, texts from the Book of the Dead are preserved. In the last scene, Bay worships a jackal-headed god who guards the fifth gate. Another representation of the winged Ma'at, badly damaged, decorates the entrance of the right (north) wall. This is followed by the second, fourth and sixth gates from the Book of the Dead, spell 145. The representations of Bay are lost at the fourth and sixth gates, but a guardian with a falcon-head stands at the fourth and a ram-headed guardian deity probably stood at the sixth.
Architectural Features
Beam holes
Ceiling recess
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Decorated
Decoration damaged
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.69 m
Width: 2.21 m
Length: 7.94 m
Area: 17.51 m²
Volume: 46.71 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor B
Decoration
Book of the Dead: spell 145, gates 2, 4, 6. Left (south) wall
Book of the Dead: spell 145, gates 1, 3, 5. Right (north) wall
Winged Ma'at figures Left (south) wall
Winged Ma'at figures Right (north) wall
Gate D
There is a step down from the inner edge of the threshold to the floor of corridor D.
Architectural Features
Steps
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.29 m
Width: 1.87 m
Length: 0.81 m
Area: 1.52 m²
Volume: 3.48 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor C
Corridor D
The corridor slopes down to chamber E. The walls and ceiling are damaged, but a ceiling recess can be distinguished a the beginning of the corridor. Near the beginning, a few faint marks from reliefs, such as the head of Bay on the right (north) wall, are all that remain of the decoration.
Architectural Features
Ceiling recess
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Decoration damaged
Decorated
Cutting finished
Dimensions
Height: 2.69 m
Width: 2.24 m
Length: 6.96 m
Area: 15.56 m²
Volume: 42.18 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor C
Decoration
Deceased with deities Right (north) wall
Gate E
The threshold of this gate continues the slope of corridor D into chamber E.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.47 m
Width: 1.9 m
Length: 0.79 m
Area: 1.5 m²
Volume: 3.71 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor D
Maximum slope: -6.1°
Chamber E
The decoration of chamber E was on plaster, now destroyed, although bits of original plaster have been found on the floor. No well shaft was cut in the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Decoration damaged
Damaged structurally
Decorated
Dimensions
Height: 2.64 m
Width: 3.13 m
Length: 2.32 m
Area: 7.25 m²
Volume: 19.15 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor D
Gate F
The gate joins chamber E to chamber F.
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Dimensions
Height: 2.61 m
Width: 1.96 m
Length: 0.81 m
Area: 1.6 m²
Volume: 4.1 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber E
Maximum slope: -33.69°
Chamber F
The chamber has suffered severe strucural damage. The decoration, which was executed on plaster, is now lost. Bits of the original plaster have been found on the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Decorated
Damaged structurally
Cutting finished
Decoration damaged
Dimensions
Height: 2.58 m
Width: 4.9 m
Length: 4.54 m
Area: 22.26 m²
Volume: 56.3 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber E
Descent F
This sloped descent extends from the beginning of chamber F to gate G.
Dimensions
Height: 1.96 m
Width: 2.24 m
Length: 5.5 m
Area: 12.31 m²
Orientation: 0° from chamber E
Maximum slope: -15.65°
Gate G
The gate joins descent F to corridor G.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.43 m
Width: 1.96 m
Length: 0.62 m
Area: 1.21 m²
Volume: 2.4 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber F
Maximum slope: -15.33°
Corridor G
The floor and ceiling of this corridor were flat, although the ceiling has collapsed. No trace of the decoration remains on the walls. It was done on a plaster surface which has fallen away due to flooding. Bits of the original plaster have been found on the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Decoration damaged
Decorated
Cutting finished
Dimensions
Height: 2.76 m
Width: 2.24 m
Length: 7.6 m
Area: 17 m²
Volume: 46.77 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber F
Corridor H
The beginning of the floor in corridor H forms a ramp that slopes downwards to a lower level where a sarcophagus rests. It then rises sharply to the rear.
The red granite mummiform sarcophagus of Prince Mentuherkhepeshef nearly fills the corridor. No decoration remains on the walls, but bits of the original plaster have been found on the floor. The gates to the side chambers are located in the right (north) wall opposite of the sarcophagus.
(Mentuherkhepeshef was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 20th Dynasty, 5th son of pharaoh Ramesses IX.)
The decoration in the second corridor parallels the decoration in the tomb of Tausert. On the left (south) wall are traces of representations of the winged Ma'at, kneeling on a basket over Nile water lilies. This is followed by gates and guardians from the Book of the Dead. At the first gate, Bay stands before the lion-headed guardian. At the third gate, texts from the Book of the Dead are preserved. In the last scene, Bay worships a jackal-headed god who guards the fifth gate. Another representation of the winged Ma'at, badly damaged, decorates the entrance of the right (north) wall. This is followed by the second, fourth and sixth gates from the Book of the Dead, spell 145. The representations of Bay are lost at the fourth and sixth gates, but a guardian with a falcon-head stands at the fourth and a ram-headed guardian deity probably stood at the sixth.
Architectural Features
Beam holes
Ceiling recess
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Decorated
Decoration damaged
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.69 m
Width: 2.21 m
Length: 7.94 m
Area: 17.51 m²
Volume: 46.71 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor B
Decoration
Book of the Dead: spell 145, gates 2, 4, 6. Left (south) wall
Book of the Dead: spell 145, gates 1, 3, 5. Right (north) wall
Winged Ma'at figures Left (south) wall
Winged Ma'at figures Right (north) wall
Gate D
There is a step down from the inner edge of the threshold to the floor of corridor D.
Architectural Features
Steps
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.29 m
Width: 1.87 m
Length: 0.81 m
Area: 1.52 m²
Volume: 3.48 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor C
Corridor D
The corridor slopes down to chamber E. The walls and ceiling are damaged, but a ceiling recess can be distinguished a the beginning of the corridor. Near the beginning, a few faint marks from reliefs, such as the head of Bay on the right (north) wall, are all that remain of the decoration.
Architectural Features
Ceiling recess
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Decoration damaged
Decorated
Cutting finished
Dimensions
Height: 2.69 m
Width: 2.24 m
Length: 6.96 m
Area: 15.56 m²
Volume: 42.18 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor C
Decoration
Deceased with deities Right (north) wall
Gate E
The threshold of this gate continues the slope of corridor D into chamber E.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.47 m
Width: 1.9 m
Length: 0.79 m
Area: 1.5 m²
Volume: 3.71 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor D
Maximum slope: -6.1°
Chamber E
The decoration of chamber E was on plaster, now destroyed, although bits of original plaster have been found on the floor. No well shaft was cut in the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Decoration damaged
Damaged structurally
Decorated
Dimensions
Height: 2.64 m
Width: 3.13 m
Length: 2.32 m
Area: 7.25 m²
Volume: 19.15 m³
Orientation: 0° from corridor D
Gate F
The gate joins chamber E to chamber F.
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Dimensions
Height: 2.61 m
Width: 1.96 m
Length: 0.81 m
Area: 1.6 m²
Volume: 4.1 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber E
Maximum slope: -33.69°
Chamber F
The chamber has suffered severe strucural damage. The decoration, which was executed on plaster, is now lost. Bits of the original plaster have been found on the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Decorated
Damaged structurally
Cutting finished
Decoration damaged
Dimensions
Height: 2.58 m
Width: 4.9 m
Length: 4.54 m
Area: 22.26 m²
Volume: 56.3 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber E
Descent F
This sloped descent extends from the beginning of chamber F to gate G.
Dimensions
Height: 1.96 m
Width: 2.24 m
Length: 5.5 m
Area: 12.31 m²
Orientation: 0° from chamber E
Maximum slope: -15.65°
Gate G
The gate joins descent F to corridor G.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.43 m
Width: 1.96 m
Length: 0.62 m
Area: 1.21 m²
Volume: 2.4 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber F
Maximum slope: -15.33°
Corridor G
The floor and ceiling of this corridor were flat, although the ceiling has collapsed. No trace of the decoration remains on the walls. It was done on a plaster surface which has fallen away due to flooding. Bits of the original plaster have been found on the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Decoration damaged
Decorated
Cutting finished
Dimensions
Height: 2.76 m
Width: 2.24 m
Length: 7.6 m
Area: 17 m²
Volume: 46.77 m³
Orientation: 0° from chamber F
Corridor H
The beginning of the floor in corridor H forms a ramp that slopes downwards to a lower level where a sarcophagus rests. It then rises sharply to the rear.
The red granite mummiform sarcophagus of Prince Mentuherkhepeshef nearly fills the corridor. No decoration remains on the walls, but bits of the original plaster have been found on the floor. The gates to the side chambers are located in the right (north) wall opposite of the sarcophagus.
(Mentuherkhepeshef was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 20th Dynasty, 5th son of pharaoh Ramesses IX.)
Architectural Features
Sarcophagus
Ramps
Steps
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Decoration damaged
Decorated
Cutting unfinished
Dimensions
Height: 2.54 m
Width: 2.17 m Irregular
Length: 7.06 m
Area: 15.91 m²
Volume: 40.41 m³
Orientation: 5.11° left from corridor G
Gate H
There are no jambs preserved for this gate, but a lintel and a step down from corridor G lead to the ramp in the floor of corridor H.
Architectural Features
Steps
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.18 m
Width: 2.2 m
Length: 0.67 m
Area: 1.47 m²
Volume: 3.21 m³
Orientation: 5.11° left from corridor G
Gate Ha
The gate leads into side chamber Ha, located to the right (north) of corridor H.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Width: 0.85 m
Length: 0.36 m
Area: 0.31 m²
Orientation: 90.9° right from corridor H
Side chamber Ha
A gate in the right (north) wall of corridor H leads to a small, square chamber which is oriented on a south-north axis. The decorated plaster surface has fallen away; a few pieces of which have been found on the floor.
Condition
Excavated
Cutting finished
Decorated
Decoration damaged
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Width: 1.89 m
Length: 1.94 m
Area: 3.66 m²
Orientation: 90.9° right from corridor H
Gate Hb
The gate leads into side chamber Hb, located to the right (north) of corridor H.
Condition
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Width: 1.01 m
Length: 0.38 m
Area: 0.38 m²
Orientation: 88.69° right from corridor H
Side chamber Hb
The cutting of the side chamber was left unfinished.
Condition
Undecorated
Excavated
Cutting unfinished
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Width: 1 m Irregular
Length: 2.11 m
Area: 2.62 m²
Orientation: 88.69° left from corridor H
Burial chamber J
The burial chamber was roughly quarried and there are no traces of decoration on its walls. At the rear (west) end of the chamber is a recess, perhaps an abandoned cutting for another corridor or enlargement of this chamber. The granite sarcophagus inscribed for Prince Amenherkhepeshef (originally for Queen Tausert) lies in a rectangular depression in the floor at the center of the chamber.
Chamber plan: Rectangular
Relationship to main tomb axis: Parallel
Chamber layout: Flat floor, no pillars
Floor: One level
Ceiling: Flat
Architectural Features
Sarcophagus
Recess
Burial pit
Sarcophagus emplacement
Condition
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Undecorated
Cutting unfinished
Dimensions
Height: 2.53 m
Width: 5.1 m
Length: 5 m
Area: 20.87 m²
Volume: 54.23 m³
Orientation: 5.83° left from corridor H
Recesses
Trapezoidal, rear (height: 1.47 m, width: 2.16 m, length: 2.24 m)
Sarcophagus
Extant remains: Box and lid
Sarcophagus form: Mummiform
Material: Red granite
Length: 2.75 m
Width: 1.33 m
Height: 1.91 m
Orientation: east
Emplacement: Pit
Comments: The original wig lappets of the figure of Tausert on the lid have been altered to a short wig with a sidelock on the right.
Decoration:
Amuletic representations: djed pillars, tyet knots Box exterior
Deceased with deities: Mehen serpent, four sons of Horus, Isis, Nephthys, Neith, Serqet, Anubis, Osiris, goddesses of the East and West, ba of Ra Lid exterior
Deities: four sons of Horus, Anubis, Thoth, winged goddesses Box exterior
Names and epithets: Tausert, Amenherkhepeshef (with sobriquet Pa-res-sheri) Lid exterior
Gate J
The gate leads into burial chamber J.
Condition
Cutting finished
Undecorated
Excavated
Damaged structurally
Dimensions
Height: 2.32 m
Width: 1.68 m
Length: 1.31 m
Area: 2.67 m²
Volume: 6.2 m³
Orientation: 5.83° left from corridor H
Maximum slope: -9.82°
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