TAA i.2.4.15

Nov. 4.

Recommenced work in Store Room this morning.

Removed two boxes N^os 270 and 271, and prepared the last box

of this series N^o 272, which contains the King's fan, for Burton to

photograph tomorrow.

N^o 270 was found to contain some shoes ornamental shoes.

N^o 271 among other objects a scribes outfit, a pith basket and an

elaborate mirror case - the mirror apparently stolen by the thieves.

Nov. 5.

Photographed, sprayed with duroprene, and removed to the Lab, the King's

ostrich feather and ivory fan, contained in box N^o 272.

Also photographed, collected the fallen frags, and waxed the ivory and ebony

Casket N^o 268, preparatory to transporting it to the lab.

Nov. 6-7.

(265)

(276)

(277)

Removed from Store Room box 268, the three Tazze 265 - two

of which (a. and c.) apparently contain natron, the model boat (276)

with sails and rigging, and a smaller boat (278) of the celestial type,

and a model granary N^o 277.

The rigging of boat (276) had first to be thr<o>roughly sprayed with

duroprene, and then,as its mast, was/<being> too high to pass out

through the aperture between the scaffolding in the Burial Chamber,

it had to be removed.

The further the investigation and déblaiement of the material

in this store room advances, the disturbances that must have

been caused by the tomb robbers becomes more and more evident.

When examining the contents of the <six> boxes 267-272, we found them

practically empty - the greater part of their contents have been

no doubt stolen - in fact not more than a third of their contents

were left, and these/<this remainder of the objects> evidently returned to the various boxes without

any order or care. Those officials must have found everything

strewn upon the floor by the plunderers, have gathered them up & put

them back into the boxes without regard as to which <one> they belonged.