TAA i.3.23.53

Notebook
TAA i.3.23 (Sepulchral shrines - General notes)
Page number
53
Caption
Note for scientific publication on the sepulchral shrines
Creator
Howard Carter
Date of creation
c. 1923-1939
Material
Ink
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
28.0 x 20.3 cm (h x w)
Notes

Notes by Carter and an unknown individual working at the Conservation studio of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo at that time, giving base measurements of the shrines after their re-erection in the museum. Handwritten.

Handwritten notes on paper
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Transcription

                                              SERVICE DES ANTIQUITÉS.

BUREAU DES CONSERVATEURS.                         MUSÉE ÉGYPTIEN,
                                                                                             LE CAIRE.

Actual measurements of the shrine after they were re-erected 
in the Cairo Museum.

The base measurements of the Tut.ankh.amen 
shrines are:

             N.        W.         S.         E.
1st     5.02        3.30     5.02     3.30
         (16’6”) (10’10”) 
2nd    3.81        2.52     3.80     2.51
         (12’6”) (8’1 ½”) 
3rd     3.35       2.06     3.35     2.05
         (11’0”) (6’9”) 
4th     2.90       1.61     2.91     1.62
         (9’6 ¼”)(5’4”) 

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