TAA i.3.31.8

                                           (8)

found in Tutankhamen's tomb. They seem to be 

different, in fact an innovation, and were possibly 

for the purpose of invoking the gods in favour of 

the king. In any case, whatever the intention, we 

learn from the document that these smaller rooms 

leading from the sarcophagus chamber were called 

'treasuries', left or right-hand in accordance with 

their situation, and apparently the one containing 

the Canopic jars was named "The Treasury of the Inner-

most."

          Now if we compare the plans of a group of four 

fully developed New Empire tombs, like those pre-

ceding and succeeding the Tutankhamen period, namely, 

the tombs of Thothmes IV, Amenhetep III, Horemheb, 

and Seti I, among which that of Thothmes IV is per-

haps the better example for our purpose, we shall 

at once see that twelve component parts <(1)> are common 

to them.

<(1) They are all represented in the Tomb of Ramesses VI.>

          The meaning of those twelve parts is <not> altogether 

uncertain, for they appear to symbolize the passage 

of the sun during the twelve hours of night, from 

West to East, as represented in the 'The Book of 

that which is in the Netherworld' passing from sub-

terranean chamber/<cavern> to chamber/<cavern> until it regains the 

eastern horizon. Gardiner points out that "perhaps 

this is what is alluded to by [ 𓂀 ] 'the passage of 

the god,' " <(1)> The term [ 𓂀 ] "The 

Corridor of the Sun's Path," <(2)> on the verso of the 

Turin plan and <on> the Cairo ostracon, seems to confirm

this.

<(1) Op. Sit^sic., p.135>

< (2) Op. Sit^sic., p.145>