TAA i.3.31.9

                                           (9)

The twelve parts of the tomb are:- <(1)>

O. A Sunken Stairway Entrance, evolved from the vert-

ical pit-entrance of the earlier hypogea (see the 

tomb of Amenhotep I), and which in due sequence

gradually becomes and almost horizontal cutting, 

viz., a slightly inclined plane with imitation 

steps on either side (see tombs of Ramesses IV<, VI> & IX). 

In practically all cases this cutting begins by 

being open-air, but as it recedes under the cliff 

or foot-hill it is first partially, and then com-

pletely, roofed in.

<(1) See fig. - a sketch plan of the Tomb of Thothmes IV.>

          In the Turin Papyrus it ranks as "The First 
Passage of the God," <(1)> but was apparently named 

"The Corridor of the Sun's Path." <(2)>
<(1) Carter & Gardiner, The Tomb of Ramesses IV and the Turin Plan of a Royal Tomb, J.E.A., IV, p. 135.>
<(2) Op. cit., p.145.>

P. A Descending axial Passage or Corridor.

          In the Turin Papyrus it ranks as "The Second 

Passage of the God."

Q. A Descending Stairway, with narrow recesses on 

either side.

          This part of the plan is missing in the Turin 

Papyrus, but/<. I>n the tomb of Ramesses IV it is re-

presented <by a Third Corridor without stairway but with> by recesses cut high up in the walls. of the Third Corridor, i.e. in accordance with the 

numerical order given in the document.
<(3) Op. Sit^sic., p. XXX, V. b, GG.>

R. A Descending axial Passage or Corridor.

          In the Turin Papyrus is ranks as "The Third/<Fourth>

Passage of the God."

S. The Chamber of the 'Protective-Well.' This 

chamber is generally decorated: the subjects of 

the scenes being the king before various gods of 

the West – "Amentet." After the burial of the 

king and its inner doorway closed with masonry, <plastered> and 

painted over <(4)>, its floor was then cut away and 

formed into a deep well with a chamber (the purpose

<(4) Thus a hidden doorway, and not, as in other cases, a sealed doorway.>