TAA i.2.1.91

Dec. 7.

Removed the two folding doors from the Outer Shrine. It took

the morning - 8⸳45 to 12⸳45 - to carry out this task. They proved

to be of great weight, but were it not that the gesso & gold

was in such a precarious state owing to shrinkage of the wood

it would have been a comparatively simple undertaking.

It was the handling without unnecessary damage to the overlays

surfaces which gave most of the trouble.

Experiments were made with 'duroprene' (a chlorinated

rubber compound dissolved in an organic solvent such as

zylene^sic {xylene}) upon samples of the fa pall fabric which seems

to prove most satisfactory in strengthening it for handling,

and dealing with as well as preservation.

Newberry & his wife arrived Luxor.

Dec. 8.

Planned & removed objects from the S. E. corner of the

the Shrine which comprised sticks and staves and a mace.

Among them were two sticks; viz the Gold and Silver stick of

the King, which bear on the top a Silver and gold statuette

respectively of solid metal and of very fine workmanship - these

later pieces give a good reason to believe that there must be

valuable material before us in the inner shrines or Sarcophagus.

D^r Scott's results in the Examination of the brown marks

upon the walls of the tomb are interesting - his Examination

proves them to be of the nature of mould from infection of some

kind.

P. E. Newberry came this morning and visited both the

Tomb and the Laboratory.

In the course of this morning's work I also removed the

portions of the Pall that had fallen & covered objects within

the East end of the Shrine.

The evidence up to date would lead one to believe that there

are only 4 shrines within one another instead of five <as in tomb plan of 

Rameses IV>

Dec. 9.

Planned and removed the remaining objects in the forepart

of the outer shrine, namely those in the centre and in the

N. E. Corner comprising mostly sticks, two vases and a Mace.

Removed cord and seal from the staples of the Second Shrine,

drew the bolts and opened the right hand folding door a

little, i.e., as far as the pall support would allow. Through

the small aperture between the two doors a Third shrine was

visible corded, bolted and sealed as the the Second one, and

of similar type and decoration - overlaid with gold and bearing

incised decoration.