TAA i.3.28.9

On the north side, i.e. on the left of the king, placed near

the western end, were a pair of long-bows and a group of 

ten arrows (plates ... ^x ... Nos. 241, 247, and 248).

          These bows and arrows are dummies of the same type 

and make as the preceding specimens. Bow 241, measures 

164 cents. in length; bow 247, <measures> 197 cents. in length; and the arrows, 

group 248, are 91 cents. long.

          Although the shrines themselves were placed the reverse way 

round, since the king and the sarcophagus were in correct 

orientation, the probabilities are that those flabella, bows, 

and arrows, were in there correct positions in accordance 

with Egyptian new supine burial custom. However, we 

have here another example of the careless manner in 

which the officials in change of the obsequies carried out 

their duty. One of the long-bows (N^o 241) was forgotten, but 

before lowering the roof of the third shrine they placed the bow 

upon the ledge of the cornice of the second shrine above its 

fellow one.

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          Between the second and third shrines there were no 

objects.