KV13

KV13
KV13
Burial site of Bay, Amenherkhepshef and Mentuherkhepsef
	KV13 schematic
	KV13
Coordinates	25°44′21.2″N 32°35′58.4″E / 25.739222°N 32.599556°E
Location	East Valley of the Kings
Discovered	1988
Excavated by	Hartwig Altenmüller (1988–1994)
Decoration	Book of the Dead
Layout	Straight axis
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Tomb KV13, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was cut and decorated for the burial of the noble Bay of the Nineteenth Dynasty. An ostraca published in the French Egyptological journal BIFAO in 2000 records that Chancellor Bay was executed by pharaoh Siptah.^[1] Consequently, Bay was never buried in his tomb. Moreover, no funerary goods were found in the tomb belonging to Bay. It was later reused by two princes of the Twentieth Dynasty, Mentuherkhepsef, a son of Ramesses III, and his nephew, Amenherkhepshef, a son of Ramesses VI.^[2]

References

^ Grandet, Pierre (2000). "L'execution du chancelier Bay O.IFAO 1864". Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. 100: 339–345. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dylan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.