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66|1154. THE CENTRAL PANEL OF A CARVED IVORY BOX, from the
Annexe.
67|13. THE CHARIOTS. Dismounted/<The> parts of no fewer than four dismounted
chariots, heaped to gethersic in confusion, the plunderers having evidentl<y>
turned them over, in their endeavour to secure the more valuable
portions of the gold decoration which adorned them.
68|517. MR MACE AND MR LUCAS CLEANING THE BODY OF CHARIOT AT
THE LABORATORY.
69|518. THE BODY OF ONE [OF] THE CHARIOTS, front view.
70|522. DETAIL OF THE FRONT OF BODY.
71|520. THE BODY OF THE SAME CHARIOT, back view.
72|526. DETAIL OF THE INTERIOR.
73|529. THE HEAD OF BES, an ornament from the body of the chariot
74|531. THE AXLES.
75|558. THE WHEELS.
76|566. THE YOKES .
77|572. PRISONER’S HEAD ON END OF YOKE.
78|567. PRISONER’S HEAD ON END OF YOKE.
79|563. A SADDLE.
80|562. DETAIL OF SADDLE.
81|207. GOLD TRAPPINGS FROM HARNESS.
82|544. BLINKERS.
83|573. COCADE OF THE ROYAL HOUSE, the end of the chariot
poles.
When we first broke down the sealed door of the Antechamber, we had to tread
warily, for, in a chamber, 8½ by 4 metrssic, filled with delicate objects, a single
false step or hasty movement would have caused irraparablesic dammagesic.
As we entered, in front of us, in the doorway – we had to step over it to
get into the chamber, – was the most beaute/<i>ful of all objects:
84|456. THE KING’S WISHING CUP, inscribed with titutary of
TutankhAmen, and a wish: “LIVE THY KA, MAYEST THOU SPEND MILLIONS OF YEARS,
THOU LOVER OF THEBES, SITTING WITH THY FACE TO<wards> THE NORTH WIND, THY EYES
BEHOLDING FELICITY.”
An offering of the young girlish Queen to her deceased Monarch.