TAA i.3.24.7
Annotated typewritten report on first sepulchral shrine, page 4. Carter uses the correct object number (207) for this shrine but refers to it as the "fourth outermost shrine". Boodle is also mentioned on this page.
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sections of the under-structure, was also examined by Mr Boodle,
which he has identified as being oak (Quercus cerris, Linn.),
possibly from Asia Minor or North Syria. Thus, in all prob-
ability, the planking of this shrine is of cedar wood and the
cross-tongues of oak. This is, I believe, the first time that
oak has been identified from ancient Egypt. It was probably
imported from one of the two districts mentioned above.
The various members and sections of this shrine bear the follw/<o>wing
“guide” marks and cardinal points, which <were> either scratched or painted
in black upon the gold overlay:-
L. side R. side
EXTERIOR Front-cornice – N. [ 𓂀 ] S. face [ 𓂀 ] sic
“ frieze – – – S. [ 𓂀 ]
“ doors – N. [ 𓂀 ] S. [ 𓂀 ]
“ Sill – N. [ 𓂀 ] S. [ 𓂀 ]
“ Posts – N. face [ 𓂀 ] S. [ 𓂀 ]
Back-cornice – S. back [ 𓂀 ] N. back [ 𓂀 ]
“ frieze – S. back [ 𓂀 ] N. back [ 𓂀 ] sic
“ panel – S. back [ 𓂀 ] N. back [ 𓂀 ]
“ dado – S. back [ 𓂀 ] N. back [ 𓂀 ]
“ Posts – S. back [ 𓂀 ] N. back [ 𓂀 ]
Right side-cornice – S. front [ 𓂀 ] S. end [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ frieze – S. front [ 𓂀 ] S. end [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ panel – S. front [ 𓂀 ] S. end [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ dado – S.W. front [ 𓂀 ] S. end [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ posts – S. front [ 𓂀 ] S. end [ 𓂀 ]
Left side-cornice – N. end – N. front –
“ “ frieze – N. end [ 𓂀 ] front [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ panel – N.E. end [ 𓂀 ] N.W. front [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ dado – N.E. end [ 𓂀 ] N.W. front [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ posts – end [ 𓂀 ] front [ 𓂀 ]
Notwithstanding these instructions, the shrine was erected in the
exact opposite direction – namely, the front facing towards the East
instead of towards the West. On the interior walls are the following
“guide” marks:- Front frieze [ 𓂀 ] left side frieze [ 𓂀 ]
“ posts [ 𓂀 ] “ “ panel [ 𓂀 ]
Right side frieze [ 𓂀 ] “ “ posts [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ panels [ 𓂀 ]
“ “ posts [ 𓂀 ]
Back frieze [ 𓂀 ]
“ panel [ 𓂀 ]
“ posts [ 𓂀 ]