
Structure: KV 61 Location: Valley of the Kings, East Valley, Thebes West Bank, Thebes Owner: Unknown Other designations: Site type: Tomb
Description: KV 61 is located in the southwest wadi. The tomb is small and consists of a shaft and a single chamber. The tomb is unfinished and undecorated.
Noteworthy features: The tomb was probably never used. Axis in degrees: 117.04 Axis orientation: Southeast Latitude: 25.44 N Longitude: 32.36 E Elevation: 179.92 msl North: 99,463.990 East: 94,035.351 JOG map reference: NG 36-10 Modern governorate: Qena (Qina) Ancient nome: 4th Upper Egypt Surveyed by TMP: Yes Maximum height: 1.71 m Mininum width: 1.35 m Maximum width: 3.3 m Total length: 6.34 m Total area: 15.49 m² Total volume: 22.38 m³ Entrance location: Hillside Owner type: Unknown, probably non-royal Entrance type: Shaft Interior layout: Chamber Axis type: Straight When discovered, a thorough clearing of the chamber was undertaken in hopes of finding a more elaborate structure behind the debris, or inscriptions that would give the name of the owner. No objects were found.
This site was used during the following period(s): New Kingdom
Jones, Ernest Harold (1910): Discovery (made for Theodore M. Davis) Jones, Ernest Harold (1910): Excavation (conducted for Theodore M. Davis but no report published) Conservation history: None Site condition: The cutting of the tomb was left unfinished.
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