TAA i.2.1.104.1

Page number
104.1
Caption
Page of TAA i.2.1 (2nd Season)
Creator
Page dates
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
33.0 x 21.5 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
Transcription

Improvised hoisting machine made of 8" X  3" timber

for lifting the roof sections of the shrines

 

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                                    Long beams along

                                    whole length of Chamber

 

Made of 2" ⅛ wood, covered with gesso and overlaid with thin gold foil.

              Roof section. Weighing several hwt {hundredweight, same as cwt}


 

 

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wood and copper tongues (the copper tongues inscribed with the king's name)

 

𓂀  ]                [ 𓂀  ] in black ink.

 

                        - tongues on ends of side panels

                                    showing that the shrines have been

                                    wrongly placed in the Sepulchral Chamber.

 

                                    (As far as it is now able to tell the King

                                    and sarcophagus have been orientated correctly).

 

                        S. E. Corner