The hieroglyphic name of Kha |
The Tomb of Kha (TT8):
Scene of the gilded inner coffin of Kha |
Location of TT |
Plan of TT8 |
The coffins of Kha and Merit were entombed in two nested coffins; Kha's mummy was tightly wrapped and different items of jewelry were included within the wrappings. The two weak coffins of Kha are greatest examples of the wealthiness and technically grand craftsmanship of the arts during the rule of Amenhotep III. Kha's outer coffin "was addressed with black bitumen, with the face, hands, substitute stripes of the wigging, bands of inscriptions and figures of funerary gods [all] in gilded gesso. Accepted in one of Kha's coffins is one of the earliest exercises of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. An x-ray of Kha's mummy shows that it was "adorned with a gold necklace and heavy earrings, one of the earliest examples yet found of men enduring earrings."
Balance scale from the tomb of Kha (Torino) |
Merit was buried in a various out coffin with one inner anthropoid coffin and a cartonnage mask. Her mummy was loosely white with funerary jewellery. A tomb of this magnitude would have taken years to check, a process that Kha certainly managed during his lifetime. Accidentally predeceased by Merit, Kha donated his hold coffin to his wife. Since it was too big for Merits mummy, Kha was drawn to pack linens, monogrammed for him, about her mummy. Merit's single coffin combines has of Kha's inner and outer coffins; "the lid is only gilded, but the box is addressed with black bitumen, with only the figures and letterings gilded." Both Kha's and Merit's human coffins were held within Middle Kingdom style "rectangular outer coffins covered with black bitumen and having vaulted, gable-ended lids." Kha's coffin was risen on sledge runners, notes Ernesto Schiaparelli in his 1927 publication report of the discovery.
The tomb was supplied with all the objects necessary in the afterlife. Ointments and kohl were regarded as a essential part of hygiene and these precious cloths were held in a variety of topped alabaster, glass and faience watercraft. Egyptians retained themselves from flies and from sun by hard dark kohl under the eyes, depicted as a long cosmetic stripe on sculptures. Other objects in the tomb include sandals, jar vessels and more than 100 garments. All the funerary objects from Kha's tomb, except for two small articles, were later transferred to the Egyptian museum in Turin. Tomb TT8 was discovered at almost the same time as KV55 and less than two years after KV46, the tomb of Yuya and Tjuyu, which held almost the same contents as TT8 and dated to only slenderly later in the reign of Amenhotep III.
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