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The tomb of Ramesses IX is situated in the
East Valley of the Valley of the Kings, on the Thebes` West
bank. In most of the aspects, the tomb is a simple one but with
an interesting art work. In antiquity the tomb was visited by
numerous tourists due to the fact that the tomb was open. 46 of
the visitors left some inscriptions inside the tomb. A part of
the funerary equipment collected from the tomb is now in the
British Museum and consists of statues of wood, a figured
ostraca, shabits from wood and a life size ‘ka’ figure from wood
also. The tomb of Ramesses IX is decorated with sun disks, since
the pharaoh had a great adoration for the sun disk, as well as
decorations of Nephthys and Isis. The second and the third
corridors have door lintels decorated with variations of these
decorations. There are similarities between the art of the
Ramesses IX` s tomb and the one of the Ramesses VI` s tomb
except that the first two corridors of Ramesses IX`s tomb have
passages from the Litanies of Re and the corridors of the Ramsses VI`s tomb have passages from Book of Gates. During the
life of Ramesses IX the first corridor`s decorative theme was
completed and after his death the other two corridors were
decorated but not with the same skill and care. Passages from
the Book of Caverns, the Book of Dead and the Book of Amduat are
in the second and the third corridors. The texts are
abbreviated, maybe because of the lack of space, and the Book of
Gates doesn`t appears at all. The ceiling of burial chamber is
vaulted and has passages from the Book of the day and the Book
of the night. |
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