TAA i.3.27.6
Annotated typewritten report on fourth (innermost) sepulchral shrine, page 4. Carter uses the correct object number (239) for this shrine but refers to it as the "first outermost shrine". Boodle is mentioned on this page.
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© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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The various sections were marked with the following joiner’s
“guide” marks and cardinal points:-
Roof section – front end – [ 𓂀 ]
– back end – [ 𓂀 ]
Front end section – frieze – [ 𓂀 ]
Right jamb – [ 𓂀 ]
Right door – [ 𓂀 ]
Left door – [ 𓂀 ]
Right side section – [ 𓂀 ]
Left side section – [ 𓂀 ]
Back end section – [ 𓂀 ]
These “guide” marks clearly show the correct orientation
of the shrine. The shrine, however, erected over the
sarcophagus in the exact opposite orientation/<direction>: namely, the
front facing east instead of west.
The shrine was made slightly too small to enclose the
sarcophagus. The mistake being a centimetre or so between
the upper interior dimension of the shrine and the overall
measurement of the cornice of the sarcophagus, which proved
not to be a true rectangle. To <o>vercome this error, the
workmen, who erected the shrine, left the joints between the
side and end sections slightly open; they also cut away the
inner surface of the chief beam at the ends, and made slight
but similar enlargements at the front inner corners. t/<T>he
chips of wood cut from the inner surface of the chief beam
were examined by MR L. A. Boodle, who found them to be of two
kinds which he has identified as being:- (1) Cedar – Cedrus