| Egyptian Journal of Archeological and Restoration Studies

Authors:
Tawfik, T.
Egyptology dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt

Abstract:
From the beds found in the tomb of king Tutankhamun only one shows im-ages of two protective deities: a hippopotamus-goddess and Bes figures. The re-examination and detailed analysis of the decoration of this gilded bed GEM 14276 (JE 62015, Carter No. 377), comparing it to the beds from the tomb of Yuya and Thuya (KV46) provide new insights about the functions of this specific kind of bed as a possible place for the intimate royal marital relations and the ritual use for eternal protection and rebirth. Furthermore, the function of the location of discovery, which Howard Carter called the ann-exe and labeled as merely a "store room" is reevaluated according to the nature of its contents serving as chamber housing the provisions needed for the afterlife in connection with perpetual rebirth

Keywords:
Tutankhamun bed Bes Ipet Taweret Annexe Yuya

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