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9th.

Continued our work on the reparation of the vase 210.

Found that parafin^sic{paraffin} was efficacious in the final cleaning

of the stained alabaster.

10th.

No work today on account of the Government visitors.

Thery were about forty in number, none of which had any

real interest in seeing the tomb further than curiosity.

Up to the present no newspaper correspondents have shown

any interest nor demanded any news. The absence of Egypt-

ians among the visitors today was also significant of the

pretended interest of last year.

11th.

Both lucas^sic and myself were occupied the whole day upon

the reparation of the Hapi vase no.210, and it will prob-

ably take all day tomorrow before we are through with it.

17th.

These last days we have occupied ourselves upon the

preservation of the material in the laboratory - having

completed the alabaster vases and now commenced upon

the Anubis Emblems, which seem onlynto require cleaning

with a damp sponge and afterwards waxing.

It is interesting to note that the mace found in the

tomb chamber and in the long box o/<i>n the antichamber^sic

prove really to be trumpets. The wood core in them

being merely for their protection - the wooden cores

being elaborately decorated which would hardly be the

case if they were intended to be maces.

18th.

Clean[ed] and waxed the two Anubis emblems to day. They are

much improved by having the hot wax poured over them.

Mrs Armstrong came over and had lunch with us.

Mr Lucas has got qi/<u>ite interesting results from a reed

I found in the Tomb-chamber at the back of the shrine.

When I found it I suspected that it might have something

to do with lighting material. Mr Lucas on examining it

found that the hollow of the reed had been filled with

a resinous and fat material and was probably used as an

improvised candle.

21st.

These last few days have been taking^sic {taken} up with cleaning

and waxing the Thoueris couch from the Antichamber^sic.

The bed is/<has> yet to be finished.

Thoueris/<THOUERIS> is one of a number of male and female demon

dieties^sic, who may almost be compared to the satyrs of

the Greeks. She is a combination of animals - here

partly hippopotamus partly crocodile and from her legs

and feet partly feline. It would seem from the emblem

she holds that her duty was PROTECTION. She was the

wife of BES, whose duty was to amuse either in music or

dancing or to tend divine children; his wife, THOUERIS,

particularly in the New Empire, was one of the foremost

favourites of the people, her name signified THE GREAT

ONE.

Thus, we have, in the set of the three ceremonial

couches found in the Antichamber^sic, THE TERRIBLE GODDESS

OF THE CHASE in the shape of the lion or perhaps to be

more accurate the cheetah couch; the goddess of pleasure

and love, THE ABODE OF HORUS, in the form of the HATHOR

couch/<or co>w couch; and that of PROTECTION, on earth as well

as in the heavens, in the shape of the THOUERIS couch.