KV 46 (Yuya and Thuyu): Burial chamber J
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Burial chamber J
The chamber is roughly rectangular, with a sunken area at its rear end. It lies a meter (three feet) below the floor level of the front of the chamber. The ceiling of the chamber was unfinished.

Chamber plan: Rectangular
Relationship to main tomb axis: Perpendicular
Chamber layout: Flat floor, no pillars
Floor: One level
Ceiling: Flat
Architectural Features
Burial pit
Condition
Excavated
Cutting unfinished
Undecorated
Dimensions
Height: 2.29 m
Width: 10.02 m
Length: 3.21 m
Area: 32.56 m²
Volume: 74.56 m³
Orientation: 90° left from stairwell C
Extant remains: Box and lid
Sarcophagus form: Shrine of Lower Egypt
Material: Wood
Length: 3.64 m
Width: 1.61 m
Height: 2.16 m
Orientation: north
Emplacement: Floor
Comments: The sarcophagus, which belongs to Yuya, is actually a floorless shrine mounted on sledge runners. It is covered with black resin.
Decoration:
Deities: four sons of Horus, Anubis, Thoth, Isis and Nephthys Box exterior

Sarcophagus
Extant remains: Box and lid
Sarcophagus form: Shrine of Upper Egypt
Material: Wood
Length: 2.78 m
Width: 1.03 m
Height: 1.29 m
Orientation: north
Emplacement: Floor
Comments: This sarcophagus rested on a sledge and belonged to Thuyu. It is covered with black pitch.
Decoration:
Deities: four sons of Horus, Anubis, Thoth, Isis and Nephthys Box exterior
       

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