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KV 53
Unknown

A
Entryway A
B
Chamber B
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Entryway A

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This entryway shaft is shallow.

Condition

Cutting finished
Excavated
Undecorated

Dimensions

  • Width:

    1.46 m

  • Length:

    1.31 m

  • Area:

    1.92 m2

  • Orientation:

    270°

Chamber B

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This chamber is apparently of large size.

Condition

Cutting finished
Excavated
Undecorated

Dimensions

  • Height:

    1.89 m

  • Width:

    5.17 m

  • Length:

    6.58 m

  • Area:

    34.02 m2

  • Volume:

    64.3 m3

  • Orientation:

    0° from entryway A

Gate B

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The gate leads into chamber B.

Condition

Excavated
Cutting finished
Undecorated

Dimensions

  • Height:

    1.89 m

  • Width:

    1.11 m

  • Length:

    0.56 m

  • Area:

    0.62 m2

  • Volume:

    1.17 m3

  • Orientation:

    0° from entryway A

About

KV 53 is located in the southwest Wadi. According to the records made in the early twentieth century, the tomb consists of a shallow shaft entryway (A) followed by a single chamber (B). The tomb is undecorated.

KV 53 was robbed in antiquity. It is inaccessible at present. The tomb has never been accurately planned. The only significant object found in the tomb was an ostracon bearing the inscription "Hori, chief scribe in the Place of Truth."

Dating

This site was used during the following period(s):

New Kingdom
1905-1906: Discovery
Ayrton, Edward Russell
1905-1906: Excavation
Ayrton, Edward Russell

Site Condition

The tomb is inaccessible and filled with debris.

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Bibliography

Helck, Wolfgang.  Königsgräbertal.  Wolfgang Helck, Eberhart Otto and Wolfhart Westendorf (eds.).  Lexikon der Ägyptologie.  7 vols. Wiesbaden, 1972-1992.  3: 522.

Reeves, Carl Nicholas.  Excavations in the Valley of the Kings, 1905/6: A Photographic Record. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts: Abteilung Kairo 40 (1984): 225-235.

Reeves, Carl Nicholas.  Valley of the Kings: The Decline of a Royal Necropolis (= Studies in Egyptology).  London:  KPI, 1990. Pp. 170-171.

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 63.

Wilkinson, Richard H. and Carl Nicholas Reeves.  The Complete Valley of the Kings.  London:  Thames and Hudson, 1996.  P. 186.

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