QV 74

Anonymous Princess & Queen Duatentipet

A long graded Ramp with no Steps provides access to the tomb. The entryway was cut directly into the gebel and an Overhang is present above the entrance, although heavily eroded today. There are remains of plaster on the ramp walls.

This gate provides access to the tomb and is covered by a metal grill door with mesh. The lintel was rebuilt in fired brick and small remnants of plaster decoration are visible on both sides of the doorway. A large area of post-fire rock loss occurred in the ceiling above the doorway. 

This pillared chamber is orientated east-west and lies perpendicular to the tomb's axis. Two reconstructed pillars still stand here and were added after the chamber was cut. A small side chamber lies to the east of the pillared chamber. There is fire-related darkening of the ceiling and the walls, visible as a mustard brown color. The lower parts of the walls are not blackened, most likely having been protected by sand and debris. A large area of post-fire rock loss occurred on the east wall and there is a large open, east-west fracture in the ceiling.

The scenes in this chamber are comparable to QV 38, QV 40, QV 52, and QV 75 and follows the "Satra repertoire" identified by Heather Lee McCarthy. The east and the west walls contain processions of deities found in the Book of the Dead Spell 17 and the north wall depicts the Book of the Dead Spell 15. The Queen is also depicted seated before an offering table on the north wall, and Neb-Nerou and Hery-Ma'at are depicted on the south wall. These scenes center on the solarization and protection of the Queen. The pillars are also decorated and contain images of various deities, priests, and amuletic symbols.

This gate is cut into the eastern wall of the pillared chamber and provides access to a small side chamber. The surviving decoration includes text on the lintel and reveals and depictions of the Four Sons of Horus on the thicknesses, two on each side.

This small side chamber lies to the east of the pillared chamber. There is evidence of post-fire rock loss, particularly on the north wall. 

The major scene in this chamber is on the eastern wall and centers on the Book of the Dead Spell 180, which depicts the union of Re and Osiris. 

This gate lies on axis with the tomb's entrance and provides access to a small corridor with Ramp. There are remains of mud brick walls against the right thickness that were added during the Roman Period. 

The only surviving decoration of this gate is on the thicknesses and contains images of Hathor performing the Nini ritual.

This small corridor or vestibule lies on axis with the tomb's entrance. The floor has Steps leading down to the lower burial chamber.  The walls have suffered blackening from fire and there are fragile, cracked, and detached areas of plaster on the east wall.

The scenes in this small chamber center on the protection of the deceased. The south wall is decorated with amuletic symbols and the east and west walls contain depictions of Osiris and mummiform Neith and Serqet protected by Isis and Nephthys.

This gate lies on axis with the tomb's entrance and provides access to the burial chamber. The rock surfaces have suffered blackening from fire.

The remaining decoration includes a winged Ma'at figure on the lintel and two unidentifiable female deities performing the Nini ritual

This chamber served as the burial place for the queen and lies on an east-west axis, perpendicular to the tomb's axis. The ceiling is vaulted and the chamber originally contained two constructed pillars, one of which has since collapsed. A later pit that continues to a small lower side chamber was cut into the northwestern side of the burial chamber floor. The blackening of the walls and ceiling in this chamber are darker in color than the preceding chambers, suggesting that the fire itself occurred here. The lower parts of pillars and walls escaped fire damage, indicating that they may have been protected by sand or debris. Substantial packing with debris was necessary to fill large voids in the walls and was subsequently plastered over. A large amount of this infill material has now been lost, leaving large gaps in the walls.

The scenes in this chamber are severely blackened and thus difficult to identify. They center on the protection and transformation or mummification of the Queen. The west wall contains a depiction of the queen consecrating merit-boxes, the linen used for mummification, before Anubis. The south wall includes the scene of Hathor as a cow emerging from the western mountain. The eastern pillar still retains some of its decoration and includes depictions of Mehet-Weret, a soul of Nekhen performing the Henu gesture, and Meretseger as a cobra. 

A pit cut into the northwestern side of the burial chamber floor and leads down to this side chamber. It was cut in the 22nd-23rd Dynasties during a period of reuse and was used for communal burial. When the tomb was surveyed by the TMP in 1981, they noted that the chamber was filled with bones and debris.