TAA i.3.2.62

                   Woods from tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen.                     1.

                     Second report, replacing earlier one.

(1). Walking-stick, no number. Wood not identified. 

Bark -decoration:- Bark of Silver Birch (Betula

verrucosa, Ehrh.)

(2). No 239. Two gold-faced pieces :- Cedar 

(Cedrus atlantica, Manetti or C. Libani, 

Barrelier). One piece not gold-faced (part of a 

tenon/<cross-tongue>?):- Christs's Thorn (Zizyphus Spina-Christi, 

Willd.)

(3). No. 253. Cup Cypress (Cupressus sp.), or 

possibly Juniper (Juniperus sp.)

(4). No. 207. Tenon from outermost shrine. Cedar.

(5). Tenon from so shrine:- Oak (Quercus sp.), 

possibly Quercus Cerris, Linn. (Turkey Oak).

(6). No. 236/<7>. Tenon and splinter <(part of another tenon?)> from second 

shrine. Tenon:- Oak; 

splinter:- Christ's Thorn.

(7). Tanged piles of arrows. Wood very similar 

to Almond (Prunus Amygdalus, Stokes), but 

not identified with certainty.

(8). Composite bows. Three samples:- Horn. 

Fourth sample:- Wood of Flowering (or

Manna) Ash” (Fraxinus Ornus, Linn.). Bark -