Editing Ramesses V (section)

===Burial===
An [[ostracon]] records that this king was only buried in Year 2 of [[Ramesses VI]], his successor, which was highly irregular since Egyptian tradition required a king to be mummified and buried precisely 70 days into the reign of his successor.<ref>Clayton, p. 167.</ref> 
[[File:Ramses V mummy head.png|thumb|right|200px|Ramesses V's mummified head.]]
However, another reason for the much delayed burial of Ramesses V in Year 2, second month of [[Season of the Inundation|Akhet]] day 1 of Ramesses VI's reign (see KRI, VI, 343) may have been connected with Ramesses VI's need "to clear out any Libyans [invaders] from Thebes and to provide a temporary tomb for Ramesses V until plans for a double burial within tomb KV9 could be put into effect."<ref name="Peden, p.21"/> Moreover, a Theban work journal (''P. Turin'' 1923) dated to Year 2 of Ramesses VI's reign shows that a period of normality had returned to the Theban West Bank by this time.<ref name="Peden, p.21"/>