THE TREASURE ROOM
ONE LOOK WAS ENOUGH TO see that it was this cramped room that held the most magnificent treasures of the tomb………… opposite the door, leaning against the wall of the chamber was the most admirable monument I had even seen < canopic chest>, so beautiful it took ones breath away so much did it excite our admiration and wonderment> NOTE BY CARTER. This chamber, guarded by a statue of Anubis on his Naos set on a sledge, contained many chests and shrines holding splendid ritual statues in the effigy of TUTANKHAMUN, and other magnificent objects. Scattered around the chamber were a certain number of small model boats as well as a chariot…………
1- ANUBIS
The treasure room is guarded by a statue of Anubis on his naos set on a sledge. The naos is made of gilt wood in the shape of a pylon above which is set a majestic statue of the young dog, JACKAL GOD ANUBIS, black in colour like the resin that coats the corpses to preserve them.
2- THE CANOPIC CHEST SHRINE
In the centre of the East wall of the treasure room. When he first saw it Carter described it as < an unforgettable moment>. The shrine, surrounded by a canopy 1.98 m high , 1.53m long and 1.22 m wide is composed of four corner posts supporting a cornice surmounted by a frieze of Uraeus, inlaid with coloured glass and glazed pottery. Against the sides, the four sisters, the protecting Goddess, made of gilt wood ( ISIS, NEPHTHYS, NEITH, SELKIT )
3-THE CANOPIC VASE CHEST
The elegant canopic vase chest, made of veined calcite with its details enhanced in dark blue, is adorned with a plinth and mounted on a gilt wood sledge. The sloped roof is adorned on the front with the winged solar disc of HORUS of BEHDET. The body of the chest with sloping walls imitates the appearance of a sanctuary.
Sculpted in high relief, the four Goddesses are placed in the corner ISIS in the south-west………NEPHTHYS in the north-west…………SELKIT in the north-east…..NEITH in the south-east.
The canopic jars of the king are sculpted directly in the block of the chest. Each cavity contained a small coffin made of beaten gold containing viscera and bearing the name of the protective genie to whom the viscera within were confided. AMSET= the liver…. HAPI= lungs…..DOUAMOUTEF= the stomach…….QUEBEHSENOUF= the intestines….. They are the 4 sons of HORUS.
4- RITUAL STATUS
THE OUSHEBTIS "BY their symbolism, the most finished figures express the absolute serenity of death" In the other world, the oushebti is in charge of doing on behalf of the deceased all the humble agricultural tasks that were part of the national lab our.
Next to the child king, TUTANKHAMUN, they discovered four hundred and thirteen oushebtis "three hundred and sixty-five workers, one for each day of the year, thirty-six overseers for the decades and twelve for the months.
5- STATUES OF THE GODDESSES NEITH AND SELKIT
Details of the canopic chest. Two of the four sister goddesses, encircling the sides of the canopic chest. Their arms are open in a protective gesture.
6-HEAD OF THE SACRED COW
with horns in the form of a lyre, used to evoke the mysterious pilgrimages during the kings funeral.
7- SEKHMET
Statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet. The priests of Sekhmet, Goddess of war and medicine had formed one of the oldest guilds of doctors. The goddess Sekhmet helped relieve pain.
8-Oushebtis of TUTANKHAMUN
Many oushebtis of the king made of gold, gold leaf and bronze
9-GOD IHY (right background)
These statues made of sycamore wood blackened with resin, show the young divine god nude walking with the left leg in front, brandishing the sister porte to ask for passage towards he light.
10- HORUS
(the son of ISIS and OSIRIS represented in the form of a falcon) These statues made of gilt wood.
The name of HORUS, the most ancient of the royal titles, reminds us that the falcon HOURS was the mythological ancestor of the pharaohs. He is the dynastic god per excellence and the greatest god in the heavens.
11-HORUS in the form of HOR
12-HORUS wearing a solar disc
13-HORUS over a NAOS
14- TUTANKHAMUN ON THE CHEETAH
As the son of OSIRIS, he will meet the demons who will oppose him. Conqueror of evil by spearing the demon, he will be protected by the kindly cheetah who carries him on her back, and isolates him from bad influences.
15- THE KING wearing the red crown of the north.
16- THE KING wearing the white crown of the south
17-THE SERPENT NEDJERANKH
1- +ANKH
Ankh mirror case in the shape of the ANKH sign, symbol of eternal life. Wood covered with gold leaf.
2- +OUSHEBTIS
Wearing the crown of Lower Egypt in the effigy of TUTANKHAMUN.
3- +DIVINITIES
Made of gilt wood placed in the tomb to protect the deceased king.
4- +UNGUENT JAR
Made of gold and inlaid with coloured glass and semi-precious stones.Each side of the jar is decorated with two cartouches opposite each other with the name of the king; the cartouches are slightly different from each other in order to illustrate the stages in the transformation of the king, from childhood to the final rebirth.
18- PLAQUES OF THE KINGS OSTRICH FEATHER FAN.
They are covered with gold leaf.
+KING TUTANKHAMUN wrapped in a shroud, carried on the head of the Goddess MENKERET, like a young sun lifted towards the sky.
+TUTANKHAMUN spear thrower. The king hunting, standing on a papyrus floater, reminds us of the will to avenge OSIRIS, assassinated by his brother SETH.
Two practically identical wooden statues, stuccoed and gilded were found in the tomb. Objects used to evoke mysterious pilgrimages during the funeral.