TAA i.3.8.15

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                                                Comparative material.

          Two chariots or portions of chariots have been found in T/<t>ombs 
of the Eighteenth Dynasty. In the T/<t>omb of Iuaa/<Yuya> and Tuiu/<Tuya> a complete chariot was found; for description and illustration see The Tomb of 
Iouiya and Touyou<,> by Carter and Newberry. The T/<t>omb of Tuthmosis IV 
co<n>tained the body of a chariot and some fragments of other parts 
and leather trappings, but no wheels. For description, mostly of the 
ornamentation of the panels of the body, see The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV<,> 
by Carter and Newberry.
          These chariots are constructed on very much the same principles 
as those of Tut'ankhamûn. It may be useful to notice some of the 
points of difference.

1) Chariot from the Tomb of Iuaa and Tuiu.
     a. Framework of body:
            upper rim with almost rectangular corners round 3 sides 
                             and half <the> 4th.
            side frames<,> separate pieces jointed to upper rim.
            7 stays or 'uprights' joined to upper rim and under frame 
                             round body of chariot.
            1 stay or 'upright' joined to end of upper rim half-way across 
                             back of chariot, and back floor-bar; this half closes 
                             the back of the chariot<,> where the Tut'ankhamûn ones 
                             are quite open.
            righ/<ec>tangular joins, give/<ing> body much squarer appearance than 
                             the Tut'ankhamûn ones give.
     b. Sides of body<,> entirely closed originally with leather – red leather 
                             above and gilt leather with low relief designs 
                             below.
     c. Axle and back floor bar, bound together at ends and at four equal 
                             intervals between with gilt leather. There are no 
                             "chairs" and no central plaque corresponding with 
                             the posix[?]/<t>ion of the end of the pole.
     d. Pole – no trace of hawk figures.
     e. Yoke – one piece of wood, pinned and lashed to pole 6 cms. from 
                             end, round knobs at ends instead of hooks, no yoke-saddles<.>
     f. Wheels – 75 cms. <in> diameter
                             Spokes apparently of one piece of wood each, mo x[?]/<r>ticed and                              
                             tenoned into nave formed by hollow wood cylinder.
 

2) Chariot from the Tomb of Tuthmosis <IV>.

     a. Sides of body entirely closed with panels of wood, covered with 
                             canvas, stucco and fine linen modelled with scenes 
                             in low relief.
     b. Dimensions of body<:> Height<,> 86 cms.
                             Depth of floor space<,> 52 cms
                             Width<,> 103 cms.
     c. Fragments only of other parts:
                             yoke-saddle and fragment of its pair/<fellow> – wood covered w. leather;
                             end of pole shaped to fit into sockee/<t> of under-f<r>ame and axle
                             leather trappings – embossed with designs, remains of 
                             stitching round margins.