TAA i.3.28.3.recto
Handwritten report on the objects found between the sarcophagus and the sepulchral shrines, page 3.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
Placed Between the sarcophagus and the first (innermost)
shrine were the following objects:-
On the south side, i.e. the right-hand of the king, placed
practically central/<in the centre>, was a large dd-emblem (plates ... . x.. .., No. 250)
This wooden emblem, 56 cents. high, mounted upon a wooden pedestal
measuring 20.5 x 20 x 3.5 cents., is painted yellow, red, blue, and green.
The pedestal, coloured red, by pi being pierced with two holes, one of
which had still a peg in it, would seem to have been fixed on
to some object before it was placed here. The dado of the first shrine
rested on part of the pedestal, and in front were some rags.
On the same side, at/<towards> the eastern end, was a bundle of reeds
tied together with strips of papyrus, and on the west side, s. w. corner,
a lot of/<some> rags were stuffed into a hollow under the base of the
sarcophagus (plates ... . x.. .., Nos. 249, 251).
These remnants, like the numerous chips of wood that were lying
on the floor, were obviously workmen’s refuse: the rags were
probably used to protect the lower edge of the sarcophagus when
levering it into position; the bundle of reeds were possibly used as a
pad when dealing with the sections of the shrines.