QV80 is the tomb of (Mut-)Tuya, the Great Royal Wife of Seti I, and the mother of Ramses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens.[1]
| QV80 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of (Mut-)Tuya | |
 Canopic jar head of Queen Tuya, wife of Seti I. (Luxor Museum) | |
| Location | Valley of the Queens |
| Layout | Short corridor, a hall and inner room. |
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Lepsius merely makes mention of this tomb. In his list this is tomb number 7.[2] The tomb is listed as unnumbered in Porter and Moss. [3] A more detailed description is given in a report by Demas and Neville for the Getty Conservation Institute.[4]
The tomb
editThe tomb is located to the west of QV66, the tomb of Nefertari.[3] It is thought that Tuya died around year 22 of the reign of her son Ramesses II.[4] This estimate is based on the find of a jar docket dated to year 22 of Ramesses II. The inscription reads:
- Year 22: Wine, [...] of the Great Vineyard of A[... of the ] King of South and North Egypt, Usermaatre Setepenre, L.P.H., in the Estate of Amun, [...] [5]
The painted scenes are not well preserved due to later use of the tomb. Several objects, including the head of one of the canopic jars, fragments of a sarcophagus and parts of ushabtis were found in the tomb.[4]
The tomb was reused during the Third Intermediate period and possibly the Ptolemaic and Coptic Periods.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Ancient Egypt: Queen-Mother Tuya".
- ^ Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien nach den Zeichnungen der von Seiner Majestät dem Koenige von Preussen, Friedrich Wilhelm IV., nach diesen Ländern gesendeten, und in den Jahren 1842–1845 ausgeführten wissenschaftlichen Expedition auf Befehl Seiner Majestät. 13 vols. Berlin: Nicolaische Buchhandlung. (Reprinted Genève: Éditions de Belles-Lettres, 1972)
- ^ a b Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume I: The Theban Necropolis, Part 2. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, Griffith Institute. 1964, pg 766-7
- ^ a b c d Demas, Martha, and Neville Agnew, eds. 2012. Valley of the Queens Assessment Report: Volume 1. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute. Getty Conservation Institute, link to article
- ^ Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume II, Blackwell Publishers, 1996
External links
edit- Theban Mapping Project – Plan of the tomb and other details.