Additions to west end of limestone base of sarcophagus box representing plan of red granite outer sarcophagus looking down to east
- Description:
- Additions to west end of limestone base of sarcophagus box representing plan of red granite outer sarcophagus looking down to east
- Date Created:
- June, 2003
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Location:
- Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
- Genre:
- black-and-white photographs
- Conservation Note:
- All but the largest red granite fragments belonging to the outer sarcophagus box were placed out of the way in the northeast corner of the burial chamber. The two large blocks belonging to the head and foot end of the outer box were left in their positions as found, the foot end resting at an angle against the side of the pit and the head end balanced on its side on a ledge between the pit and the southern platform.
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_srvi_images_0160.tif
- Funding Agency:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation project was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-0089-00 (formerly 263-0000-G-00-3089-00) and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).