Howard Carter recounts that the discovery of the tomb was made by a local group, who, once word of the find spread, were driven off the claim by a rival gang.

[4]The tomb was entirely filled with water-washed debris, through which the locals had tunneled for a distance of 29 metres (95 ft); the hole was only wide enough to admit a single person, crawling on their stomach.

[3] The tomb has a simple layout, consisting of an entrance stair leading to a descending passageway 17 metres (56 ft) long which opens to the right into a square antechamber.

The only significant item found in the tomb was the 2.99 metres (9.8 ft) long yellow quartzite sarcophagus intended for the queen which was located in the final chamber.

The rectangular lid of the sarcophagus is carved with a long cartouche containing a figure of Nut facing left and raising her arms to embrace the deceased; it had been broken into two pieces.