| KV47 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of Siptah | |
 The sarcophagus of Siptah in the burial chamber | |
  KV47 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′20.6″N 32°35′59.9″E / 25.739056°N 32.599972°E |
| Location | East Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered | 18 December 1905 |
| Excavated by | Edward R. Ayrton (1905–1907) Harry Burton (1912–1913) Howard Carter (1922) MISR Project: Mission Siptah-Ramses X (1999–present) |
| Decoration | Litany of Re; Amduat; Book of the Dead; Maat |
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Tomb KV47, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Siptah of the Nineteenth Dynasty. It was discovered on December 18, 1905 by Edward R. Ayrton, excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis; Siptah's mummy had been found earlier, cached in KV35.[1] It was the last of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasty kings tombs to be uncovered in the Valley.[2] Ayrton stopped his excavation in 1907 due to safety fears, and Harry Burton returned in 1912 to dig further. The cutting of a side passage was halted after the workmen cut into Side Chamber Ja of the tomb of Tia'a (KV32). The tomb was unfinished at the time of its use.[3]
- ^ Davis, Theodore M.; Maspero, Gaston; Ayrton, Edward; Daressy, George; Jones, E. Harold (1908). The Tomb of Siptah; The Monkey Tomb and the Gold Tomb (PDF). London: Archibald Constable and Co., Ltd. p. 2. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Romer, John (1981). Valley of the Kings. London: Book Club Associates. p. 207.
- ^ Burton, Henry; Winlock, Herbert E.. (1916). "The Late Theodore M. Davis's Excavation at Thebes in 1912–13. I. The Excavation of the Rear Corridors and Sepulchral Chamber of the Tomb of King Siphtah". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 11 (1): 13–18. doi:10.2307/3253774. ISSN 0026-1521. JSTOR 3253774. Retrieved 25 February 2021.