KV 36
Maiherperi
Entryway A
See entire tombThe entrance is composed of a shaft.
Gate J
See entire tombThere are traces of the original red layout lines. The lintel is partly broken.
Burial chamber J
See entire tombThe chamber is well cut, although its walls are not perfectly dressed.
Chamber plan:
RectangularRelationship to main tomb axis:
ParallelChamber layout:
Flat floor, no pillarsFloor:
One levelCeiling:
Flat
About
About
KV 36 lies low in the southwest end of the Valley, south of KV 35, just before the modern path forks to the south and southwest. It is entered through an entryway shaft (A) leading directly into the burial chamber (J). The tomb was found almost intact and was left undecorated.
Noteworthy features:
This tomb is notable because it is a non-royal tomb with much of its burial equipment as well as the mummy found intact.
Site History
KV 36 belonged to Maiherperi, Child of the Nursery and royal Fan-bearer, who died in his twenties. Much of the funerary equipment was found almost intact, although it was robbed, probably in the Rameside period. Jars containing oil were left open. Some of the jewellery, portable metalware and non-funerary linen and clothing were stolen. The tomb was later resealed and the burial chamber was rearranged hastily.
Dating
This site was used during the following period(s):
Exploration
Conservation
Site Condition
Hieroglyphs
Maiherperi
The Lion is on the Battlefield
mAi-Hr-pri
Bibliography
Porter, Bertha and Rosalind Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Text, Reliefs, and Paintings. I, 2.The Theban Necropolis: Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964. Pp. 556-557.
Reeves, Carl Nicholas. Valley of the Kings: The Decline of a Royal Necropolis (= Studies in Egyptology). London: KPI, 1990. Pp. 70-72.
Reeves, Nicholas. Valley of the Kings: The Decline of a Royal Necropolis (= Studies in Egyptology). London: KPI, 1990. Pp. 140-147.
Schweinfurth, George. Neue thebanische Graeberfunde. Sphinx 3 (1890): 103-107.
Thomas, Elizabeth. The Royal Necropoleis of Thebes. Princeton: privately printed, 1966. Pp. 157-158.
Weeks, Kent R. (ed.). Atlas of the Valley of the Kings (=Publications of the Theban Mapping Project, 1). Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2000. Map sheet 52.
Wilkinson, Richard H. and Carl Nicholas Reeves. The Complete Valley of the Kings. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996. Pp. 179-181.