Tomb 14

New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, Tausert; New Kingdom, Dynasty 20, Setnakht

 

Several phases of construction are present in Tomb 14, as the status of the tomb owner Tausert changed from royal wife of Sety II, to regent of Siptah, to last sole ruler of Dynasty 19.

The tomb is unusual for having two large burial chambers and perhaps both Tausert and her husband were to be buried here. Remains of an abandoned start for another burial chamber immediately follow the first one.

The decoration in the tomb also reflects a change in the owner's status. The upper corridors shows the queen in the presence of the gods accompanied by her stepson Siptah, whose cartouches were later replaced by those of Sety II. Scenes of the gates of the underworld and their guardians continued the decoration of the upper level. Now these are all themes appropriate for a queen's tomb, but in the lower corridors and the burial chambers, the decorative themes are more appropriate for a king.

Tomb 14 was hastily pressed into service for the burial of Setnakht and all the images of the queen were plastered over and replaced by images of Setnakht or by his cartouches.

Burial chamber J1 upper level: front wall (right part); Burial chamber J1 upper level: front wall (left part); Burial chamber J1 upper level: rear face of pillar 7; Burial chamber J1 upper level: left face of pillar 7; Burial chamber J1 upper level: rear face of pillar 5; Burial chamber J1 upper level: left face of pillar 5; Burial chamber J1 upper level: rear face of pillar 3; Burial chamber J1 upper level: left face of pillar 3; Burial chamber J1 upper level: right wall (center part); Burial chamber J1 lower level: front wall (left part); Burial chamber J1 lower level: front wall (right part); Burial chamber J1 lower level: right wall; Burial chamber J1: ceiling (right part)

Book of Caverns, sixth division, final scene; Ba of Ra; Book of the Earth, part A, scenes 2 and 3: excerpts; Geb before Setnakht; Anubis and Asar (Osiris) [before Setnakht, on front face of pillar 5]; Anubis [with Ra-Horakhty before Setnakht, on right and front faces of pillar 3]; Thoth; Book of Gates, eighth division ninth hour; funerary objects beneath all.

 

Corridor: right wall
Corridor B: right wall

Sety II (replacing Siptah) and Tausert offering [to Geb].

 

Chamber E: rear wall; Chamber F: rear wall
Chamber E: rear wall; Chamber F: rear wall

Heru (Horus)-Iwnmutef; Heru (Horus) and Anubis before Asar (Osiris).

 

Chamber F: rear wall (upper part)
Chamber F: rear wall (upper part)

Double scene of Tausert (erased) led by Heru (Horus) and Anubis before Asar (Osiris); image of queen replaced by cartouches of Setnakht.

 

[ Home ] [ Up ] [ Tomb 1 ] [ Tomb 2 ] [ Tomb 5 ] [ Tomb 6 ] [ Tomb 7 ] [ Tomb 8 ] [ Tomb 9 ] [ Tomb 14 ] [ Tomb 15 ] [ Tomb 17 ] [ Tomb 35 ] [ Tomb 47 ] [ Tomb 57 ] [ Tomb 62 ]