TAA i.2.2.37

Feb. 1

The fans referred to yesterday had elaborate

gilt handles., one shows a gazelle hunt. To

conform to position on/<of> fan-bearers on chariots both

fans should have been on W side. There were two

bows and arrows on S side, & one bow & arrows

on N side. The other N bow was resting on top of

shrine.

Carter cleared whole of 3^rd shrine. Now only

fourth remains.

Feb. 2

Turned second statue on back for treatment.

Bethell working on sticks.

Carter stayed at home this morning to consult

with Maxwell, Lythgoe & Harkness re letter

to Government.

In afternoon he raised the lid of 4^th Shrine

so that lid of stone sarcophagus became visible.

Shape    W [ 𓂀 ]    set in. Lid was of

granite painted red to imitate the sandstone

of the body of the coffin - another instance this

of the carelessness & hurry of the work in the tomb.

Re orientation. On stone coffin Isis and

Nephthys are at head end, & Neith & Selk

at foot. On fourth Shrine these are reversed.

All shrines right through have their orientation

marks wrong way round, including marks on the

tongues. i.e. stone sarcophagus is correctly

placed, & shrines are deliberately set up wrong.

The doors of shrines should be at the head end

of sarcophagus. The original mistake was in

the construction of the tomb chambers. If the

Shrines had been put in as intended, ingress

to Inner Storechamber would have been impossible,

and access to Shrine doors extremely difficult.

The scenes on the fourth shrine are in relief, &

not incised like those of the others.