KV45
Tomb KV45 is an ancient Egyptian tomb. Located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, it was used for the burial of the noble Userhet of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Statue of Thutmose I being pulled on a sled, fascimile by Norman de Garis Davies
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| Burial site of Userhet | |||
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| Coordinates | 25°44′24.2″N 32°36′11.2″E | ||
| Location | East Valley of the Kings | ||
| Discovered | 25 February 1902 | ||
| Excavated by | Howard Carter Donald P. Ryan | ||
Userhet was an overseer of the fields of the wind deity Amun. A mural of Thutmose I's statue being pulled on a sled was found in KV45.
The tomb was reused in the 22nd Dynasty by the Doorkeeper of the House of Amun named Mereskhons.[1]
KV45 is one of at least four tombs dug in the Valley of the Kings for use by officials. The others are KV36 (Maiherpri, a noble form the time of Thutmose IV), KV46 (Yuya and Tjuyu, the parents of Queen Tiye) and KV48 (Amenemipet called Pairy, a vizier from the time of Amenhotep II and Tuthmosis IV).[2]
References
- Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, Griffith Institute. 1964, pg 563
- Dodson, Aidan and Ikram, Salima, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt, Thames and Hudson, 2008, pg 225
External links
- Theban Mapping Project: KV45 - Includes detailed maps of most of the tombs.
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