KV49

KV49 Tomb of Unknown

KV49 (Kings ' Valley no 49) is an ancient Egyptian grave in the Valley of the Kings. It lies in the southwestern part of the valley, and was discovered in January 1906 by Edward R. Ayrton for Theodore M. Davis. The grave owner is unknown.

KV49 is considered as a non- royal grave and corresponds to that type of a corridor grave dating back to the mid- 18th Dynasty ( New Kingdom ). The unfinished grave has a total area of 46.61 m² and has no decorations on them.

In the grave were found tools of carpenters and masons, funeral utensils, pieces of mummy wrappings, rough-hewn game boards and whitewashed jugs and an ostracon.

Above the entrance there are two graffiti in hieratic script, which shows that the writer Butehamun and his workers have brought large amounts of stamp lines in the grave. This means not only that KV49 was available later in the New Kingdom, but can also accept that KV49 may have served as storage for linen cloth that had been used for the restoration of royal mummies. Another indication of this is the fragment of a so-called " mummy label " on the in hieratic " body oil " is noted. Thus, connection to Ramses III. Whose grave ( KV11 ) is not far away. On his mummy were found not only scarves that are similar to those mentioned in the graffiti, but one also found on the mummy label called Butehamun, who was involved in the subsequent restoration of the mummy.

The grave input was provided by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA ) with an enclosure to protect the grave from flooding.