and <where> it recedes under the ~~rock~~/<slope> of a/<the> foot-hill ~~where~~ it
<(under which the tomb is excavated)> becomes first partially, and then completely, roofed in. The stairway leads directly to the doorway of a

descending passage. The last six steps, the lintel

and ~~reveals~~/<jambs> of the doorway had ~~actually~~ been cut away

to enable the larger objects such as the sarcophagus

and panels of the sepulchral shrines to pass ~~through~~/<into the tomb>,

but these ~~destructions~~/<demolitions> were subsequently renovated

with stone and plaster~~-work~~, and the top of the door-

way was repaired by means of a heavy wooden lintel to

support the masonry that patched up the gap.

The Descending Passage, the same width as the stair-

way <entrance>, measures 808 cms. in length, 200 cms. in height,

and it has a slope of about 1 in 3. It descends west-

ward, and at the lower end it terminates in a ~~wide~~ door-

way. This doorway, ~~with~~/<which has> clearly cut lintel and ~~reveals~~/<jambs>,

leads directly into the centre of the Antechamber.

The Antechamber, a simple oblong room, has its long

axis north and south, and it measures 785 cms. in length,

355 cms. in width, and 268 cms. in height. At the

northern end a partition wall divided it from the burial

chamber. This dry-masonry partition wall, 102 cms.

thick, ~~carefully~~ constructed of rough stones and rubble

bonded with pieces of timber, was heavily plastered on ~~the~~/<both>

its outer surfaces. In the centre, piercing this wall,

was a doorway 165 cms. wide, and 178 cms. high, which

(1) The crest of the foot-hill

rises 70 feet (21.30 m)

above the bed-rock of the

Valley at this point.