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Six chariots were found in the Tomb of Tut'ankhamûn. Two were
highly decorated and appear hardly to have been used before they were
placed in the tomb. In the Antechamber with these decorated chariots
were two others, of heavier make and plainer construction and decoration.
There were two more in the "Treasury", slightly smaller and lighter;
these were found in a broken and incomplete condition. The bodies of
h/<t>he two State chariots, as Carter has called them, are enclosed with
thin wood boarding entirely covered with gesso and gold and further
decorated with inlaid glass and ivory. The bodies of the two broken
chariots in the "Treasury" were partly of leather which has now perished
but which was originally decorated with gold overlay; and the two plainer
chariots in the Antechamber had open framework bodies unenclosed either
by wood or by leather.
It will be more conveient^sic to refer to the chariots under their
Tomb numbers. The information, diagrammatic studies and photographs
are supplied in Carter's card catalogue (Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen, Vol. I,
p.164) in numerical order of objects as they were found in the Tomb.

Antechamber 120 State chariot
                     121 Open, heavy chariot
                     122 State chariot
                     161 Open, heavy chariot
"Treasury"     332 Light, smaller chariot
                      333 " " "

Component parts of each chariot:
                      Framework of body
                      Axle
                      Pole
                      Yoke and yoke-saddles
                      Wheels
                      Fragments of harness trappings

Framework of chariot bodies
Wooden bar, of straight-grained wood bent to required shape;
round in section, of uniform diameter, except where it swells for junction
with axle at boss.
a) Upper rim and side frame, all one piece.
b) Under-frame, straight-grained wood bent, jointed with mortice
to swollen ends of side frame; ends project as bosses.
Pierced with holes through which leather mesh floor
is lashed.
c) Secondary frame, found in nos. 120, 121 and 122.

Consistas of two pieces glued together as double
bar, <Co> in section, jointed to upper rim, projects
forward and out from main line ofx[?] frame, spreading
to form
    (i) spx[?]/<ac>e containing decorations
     i.e figures of captives in 120, 122
   floral design in the round in 121;
    (ii) loop for quix[?]/<v>er fastenings.
d) Back floor-bar, joins ends of frame at max. width, pierced with
holes for leather mesh floor; this co<n>sists of leather
strip woven in and out and lashed through holes in
back floor-bar and under-frame – variously covered.