TAA i.3.25.8

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         This shrine is made up of sixteen separate members and 

sections in the following manner:- The roof in two sections;

two side and one end crowning member, each coprising^sic the 

cavetto cornice and rool^sic moulding; one front crowning member, 

which includes the cavetto cornice, roll moulding, and chief

beam or over door frieze; four corner posts; two side and 

one end wall section, consisting of the chief beam or frieze, 

panel and dado; one sill; and two (folding) doors.

          The two roof sections are of the same form, and are fitted 

on to the cornice members in similar manner as those of the 

second shrine (see fig. ). They also have silver coated 

copper handles of staple-form, two on each side, for convenience 

of transport and lowering them on to the cornice pieces.

          The two side and crowning cornice members, with roll mould-

ing, are tongued and mortised on to the <sections of the> under-structure, the 

tongues being of wood and copper alternate (see fig. ), but 

the front crowning cornice member differs by including both 

the cavetto cornice, the roll moulding, and the chief beam 

or over door frieze, in one piece, and it is mortised on to 

the upper stub tenons of the front corner posts (see fig. ).

These four crowning members are also locked together by means 

of [ 𓂀 ]-shaped dowels of copper sunk into slots cut in the upper 

edges of the cornice at the corners (see fig. ). The copper 

dowels are inscribed with their respective cardinal points.

          The two side and end sections of the under-structure com-

prise only the chief beam or frieze (top rail), panel, and 

dado (bottom rail). Here, as in the preceding shrines, the 

boards of the top and bottom marginal pieces and panel are 

horizontal; the two vertical end pieces, called the clamps, 

extend the whole height of the section and are mortised to 

receive the fitted tenons of/<on> the tr<a>nsverse pieces/<boards>, the tenons