TAA i.2.4.38
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Draft, Carter, Howard 1933. The tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen vol. 3. London: Cassell, 102-103.
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{Dec. 2.}
I now propose to make a more detailed survey of the contents of the Annexe,
following the system we had to adopt in cleaning and examining them. First
we had to clear sufficient floor space for our feet, the best we could, head downwards
from the threshold of the doorway which is rather more than a metre above the
floor. This had to be done with the greatest care, for a/<the> hasty removal of an
object would might cause an avalanche of delicate material heaped
high up far from our reach. We then stepped in and removed the
most precarious objects that were within reach, but first numbering and
photographing them before touching them. Often to reach an object which
the slightest disturbance would cause to fall whesic had to lean over supported by
a rope sling held by the men in the Antechamber. In this manner we
gained ingress into the Chamber.
An unfortunate jolt and these would have fallen and smashed into
many pieces.