A Jar Docket Dating to Year 22 of Ramses II

Deep beneath the sands lies QV80, the tomb of (Mut-)Tuya, the Great Royal Wife of Seti I. She was the mother of Ramses II, and it is thought she died around year 22 of her son's reign. This estimate is based on the find of a jar docket within the tomb, dated to year 22 of Ramesses II. The inscription on the docket records wine from the Great Vineyard of the King of South and North Egypt, Usermaatre Setepenre, in the Estate of Amun.

The tomb is located to the west of QV66, the tomb of Nefertari. While the tomb is listed as number 7 in the list by Lepsius, it is unnumbered in the work of Porter and Moss. A more detailed description of the site is provided in a report by Demas and Neville for the Getty Conservation Institute.

The painted scenes within the tomb are not well preserved due to later use of the space. The tomb was reused during the Third Intermediate period and possibly during the Ptolemaic and Coptic periods. Among the items found within the tomb are several objects, including the head of a canopic jar, fragments of a sarcophagus, and parts of ushabtis.

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