TAA i.2.4.2

Oct. 5.

Left Cairo. 7. pm, with Lucas for Luxor.

   " 6.

Arr. Luxor 8.30 am. Crossed over to Gurna. 9.30 am.

Find house and men in good order.

Weather very cool, but house, by being closed all summer, hot

and stuffy.

   " 7.

Went to the Valley 10. am. this morning, where everything seemed

to be in good order. Open the Laboratory (N^o 15) which would have been in

perfect order had the Reises not failed in noticing that rats had burrowed

under the wood-screen before bar[?]/<the> steel gate. A little sand placed

at the base would have prevented this. Luckily very little harm had

been done by the rats, which is fortunate, as it might have been

far worse.

The two cases containing the Casket N^o 21 arrived this morning

(11.30) and I placed them in the Laboratory. They were sent

from Luxor in charge of two ghaffirs to the Valley, which seems

a somewhat careless manner on the part of the Inspector, after

the instructions he had received from Edgar at the Museum.

I rather fear that we may yet have trouble with the Chief

Inspector. Tewfik Effendi Boulos. - I hope not!

   " 8.

Note Antechamber N^o 37. Black shrine-shaped box (on sled)

containing standard (gesso-gilt wood) of the 10^th Nome of

Up. Eg. (Aphroditopolis) <upon black pedestal, in yellow paint crudely written: [ 𓂀  ]

[ 𓂀  ] = "The good god, Kheperu-Neb-Re, Beloved of (the goddess) Seshat

Chieftainess of Heaven (? [ 𓂀  ] goddess of writing)" (or goddess of Heaven, Seshat).> [ 𓂀  ] = nome sign of 

Aphroditopolis ([ 𓂀  ] and [ 𓂀  ] = Green, to be green,

to be fresh, and to grow) upon nome standard.

Antechamber N^o 38, Same as N^o 37, with exception the

inscription upon pedestal, this is very illegible, <but> (?) reads:

[ 𓂀 ], "Osiris, Kheperu-Neb-Re, Beloved of Seshat"

(the goddess of writing).

The boxes, of shrine-shape, which housed the above standards, are

similar in build and shape to those in the Store-Room.