TAA i.3.2.72.recto

Notebook
Botanical remains (TAA i.3.2)
Page number
72
Caption
Note for scientific publication on botanical remains
Creator
Leonard A. Boodle
Date of creation
31 May 1932
Material
Ink
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
22.9 x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
237
239
253
332
Notes

Handwritten letter from Leonard Boodle to Howard Carter regarding the botanical samples. Includes incorrect number (322) for chariot wheel.

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                                                                             Strathmore
                                                                              27 Petersham Road
                                                                             Richmond
                                                                                  Surrey.

                                       31 May 1932

 

Dear Carter,

          I am been examining your

specimens, and will tell you how far I have

got with them.

          Two pieces of wood under No. 239 <Fourth (innermost) shrine>:- Cedar; 

the third piece not identified

     Tenon from first sepulchral shrine <FIRST (OUTERMOST) SHRINE>:- Cedar

     Tenon from sepulchral shrx[?]/<ine>:- Oak

     <Second shrine ?7 236> Tenon:- Oak; splinter:- not identified.

     <First (outermost) coffin => 253:- Possibly Juniperus or Cypress.

     "Tanged<?> piles" of arrows:- not identified.

     "Wood and bark decoration from composite bows:-
          4 pieces not wood but probably horn, and
          1 piece:- wood, not identified. (barks undulant[?])

     Chariot wheel 322, Radial bar, nave and 

          felloe:- probably all Elm, or, if not that, 

          Celtis mediterranea.

By spending more time on the specimens 

which I have not identified, I might be 

able to name one or more of them. So, if