TAA i.1.memo.15.verso
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xxx[?] xxx[?]/<They> <however> had an feeling/<inherited feeling> that they could not disturb
the body/<ies> even of discredited Pharaohs & rob
them of their personal jewels & adornments.
Such feelings would scarcely have swayed
a common thief, but priests altho' probably
awful ruffians still had some superstitious
xxx[?]/<awe> of violating the bodies of former Kings
To sum up – I therefore think that the tomb
was robbed of its metal by the priests in the
reign of Horemhab, <naturally> little said about it at the
& <then> carefully reclosed.
Of course we may find an inscription giving us
some date & then these theories will probably
go the way of most suppositions. Theories.
(especially in Egyptology)