TAA i.3.23.49
Page 7 of Carter's typescript notes on shrines. Alexander Scott is also mentioned on this page.
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The framing of the doors comprise styles and rails: the
upright side members are termed the hanging and meeting styles;
the horizontal ones, which are tenoned to the styles, are
termed the top and bottom rails. This framing is of the same
thickness as the vertical boards of the door panel. The doors
are hung by means of a primitive form of pivot hinge, contrived
in the following manner:- the projecting ends or/<f> horns of the
hanging style are rounded off to form a pivot of conic form,
and corresponding sockets to receive the pivots are sunk into
the reveals of the chief beam (over door frieze), and sill. In
some cases both the pivots and the sockets were encased with
copper. The butt edges of the doors were rounded off to enable
the doors to swing freely, and the meeting styles rebated to
prevent observation through the joint.
The doors were bolted top and bottom with large ebony
[ 𓂀 ] <‘>s<’>-shaped bolts, shot into silver coated copper staples
(see Alex. Scttsic, vol. ii, p. 204 ff). Fixed to the centre of
the meetin<g> styles are two staples, also of silver coated copper,
for securing the doors when closed with cord and seal. In
two cases, actually upon the second and third shrines, the
original cords and seals were discovered intact (ss pp. …),
proving that the contents within those shrines had never been
disturbed since the burial of the king.
As mentioned above, these shrines were constructed of a
number of separate members and sections which were put together
in the Sarcophagus Chamber. To do this in that very narrow
space available between the sarcophagus and the walls of the
chamber, it must have been necessary for the staff of workmen to <first>
place the various sections in correct order round the sarcoph-
agus, leaning them temporarily agi/<a>inst the walls of the chamber:
the members of the outermost shrine being introduced first,
and those of the innermost shrine last. The next logical