TAA i.3.23.37

Page number
37
Caption
Note for scientific publication on the sepulchral shrines
Creator
Date of creation
c. 1923-1939
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
27.9 x 21.6 cm (h x w)
Notes

Page 25 of first draft on shrines, handwritten. 

Handwritten notes on paper
Transcription

             – back end cornice –  [ 𓂀 ]   scratched upon the

             –               frieze      [ 𓂀 ] gold overlay. 

Interior –   front of roof –        [ 𓂀
                  Right-side styles –   [ 𓂀 ]  ‘guide’ marks
                                  panel –   [ 𓂀 ]  painted in

                  Left-side styles –    [ 𓂀 ]  black upon the

                                panel –    [ 𓂀 ]  gold overlay.

 

          The shrine, however, was erected in the exact opposite orientation

– namely, the front facing east instead of towards the west.

          The folding doors of this shrine were bolted in the manner 

described above (p. ...), but in addition they were secured 

by a cord bound and tied to the central pair of staples fixed 

to the meeting styles for that express purpose. Affixed to the 

cord was a seal. This original seal was discovered intact, 

proving that the doors had not been opened since they 

were closed and sealed at the time of the burial of the king.

          The seal of clay, or Nile mud, probably made plastic 

with oil, bears two impressions in relief obtained from 

separate incised seals:- one showing the prenomen of 

the King surmounting a recumbent figure of Anubis over 

nine Asiatic captives; the other, a counter-seal, showing 

only the recumbent figure of the Anubis animal over nine 

alien captives. The matrixes were evidently engraved (intaglio) 

upon some hard material, like stone or metal, and took either

the form of signet-rings or ordinary stamped stamp-shaped seals.