KV13
Sign in to saveTomb KV13, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was cut and decorated for the burial of the noble Bay of the Nineteenth Dynasty. An ostraca published in the French Egyptological journal BIFAO in 2000 records that Chancellor Bay was executed by pharaoh Siptah. Consequently, Bay was never buried in his tomb. Moreover, no funerary goods were found in the tomb belonging to Bay. It was later reused by two princes of the Twentieth Dynasty, Mentuherkhepsef, a son of Ramesses III, and his nephew, Amenherkhepshef, a son of Ramesses VI.
Key facts
- Egyptian tomb.name
- KV13
- Egyptian tomb.owner
- Bay, Amenherkhepshef and Mentuherkhepsef
- Egyptian tomb.image
- KV 13 Bay.jpg
- Egyptian tomb.caption
- KV13 schematic
- Egyptian tomb.location
- East Valley of the Kings
- Egyptian tomb.date
- 1988
- Egyptian tomb.excavated
- Hartwig Altenmüller (1988–1994)
- Egyptian tomb.decoration
- Book of the Dead
- Egyptian tomb.layout
- Straight axis
- Egyptian tomb.prev
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 180.99
- Image
- KV 13 Bay.jpg
- Length
- 71.37
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- KV13
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Tomb KV13, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was cut and decorated for the burial of the noble Bay of the Nineteenth Dynasty. An ostraca published in the French Egyptological journal BIFAO in 2000 records that Chancellor Bay was executed by pharaoh Siptah. Consequently, Bay was never buried in his tomb. Moreover, no funerary goods were found in the tomb belonging to Bay. It was later reused by two princes of the Twentieth Dynasty, Mentuherkhepsef, a son of Ramesses III, and his nephew, Amenherkhepshef, a son of Ramesses VI.
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