TAA i.3.31.3

Caption
Note for scientific publication on the tomb and tomb plan
Creator
Date of creation
c. 1923–1939
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
33.2 x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
Notes

Typewritten notes with annotations regarding the tomb and tomb plan, page 3.

Transcription

                                           (3)

          The Annexe, a second treasury or store-room, is 

somewhat roughly cut, oblong in form, and measures 

435 cms. long, 260 cms. wide, and 255 cms. high. 

The floor level like the burial chamber is cut 90 

cms. below that of antechamber. The hole in 

the wall forming the doorway is only 95 cms. broad, 

and 130 cms. high. The masons' guide and measuring 

marks in red are still visible upon the unfinished 

surfaces of the walls.

 

          With regard to the various levels of the tomb:- 

reckoning the top step of the sunken stair-

way entrance <as zero>, the bottom step is 300 cms., the lower 

end of the descending passage 680 cms., the floor 

level of the antechamber 710 cms., and the floor levels 

of the burial chamber and annexe <are> 805 cms. below the 

level of the bed of the Valley.

 

          All the dimensions given above are 'mean measure-

ment', i.e. the average of several measurements where 

the cutting of the tomb is irregular.

 

          Excluding the burial chamber, which was/<has its walls> plastered 

and painted, the tomb is of extreme simplicity, there 

being no attempt at decoration; the rock-cut surfaces 

are unsmoothed, the marks of the final chiselling are

still visible, in fact, three of the chambers and the 

passage are just as the masons left them: even here 

and there a few flakes of limestone from their chisels 

were left lying upon the floors. And in comparison 

with the other royal tombs/<hypogea> in the Valley, it/<this tomb this tomb> is the 

smallest and <the> most insignificant.