It was discovered by Edward R. Ayrton in January 1908 and contained what is thought to be the intact burial of a royal child from the late Nineteenth Dynasty.

The burial and casket have disintegrated, leaving a thin layer of gold leaf and stucco in the original location.

Maspero and Ayrton suggested that the contents were deposited during the usurpation of Twosret's tomb by Setnakhte, or represents a robber's cache.

[6][7] Cyril Aldred suggested that the area of gold foil and plaster was in fact the remains of a much rotted and flattened coffin.

He suggests that, in his haste and without realising, Ayrton had cut through remains of wooden or other organic objects, which would have been reduced to a stain in the sediment, similar to the situation encountered by Guy Brunton in the tomb of Sithathoriunet at El Lahun.

[8] Reeves suggests that the tomb was robbed when already partially filled with mud, resulting in only pieces visible above the infill being taken.

In the years since the initial excavation, the tomb had partially refilled with debris including photographic plates and plastic water bottles.