II

That the passage was empty at the time of the first breach seems clear
from the fact that whereas on the outer doorway there were distinct
traces of rubble adhering to the irregular edges of both the holes
that had been plastered up./<,> there were no such traces on the plaster

used for the reclosing of the inner doorway.

Naturally from the time of the burial the entrance staircase would

be filled up. In this outside filling there were fragments of the original

plaster ~~bearing~~ still bearing ~~the Kings~~ impressions of the King's seal.

On the floor of the passage near the inner doorway were similar

fragments.
The objects found upon the floor of the passage were comparatively

large in size <and unimportant> – such as alabaster jars, pottery vessels, and (?) water-

skins with ~~leaves~~ portions of foliage; while the objects found in the rubble

were quite small, fragmentary, and of some intrinsic value – such as

portions of jewellery and other small articles.
The first problem is difficult, it not being clear why large and

unimportant objects should have been removed from the inner chambers.