TAA i.3.31.6
Typewritten notes with annotations regarding the tomb and tomb plan, page 6.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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The chief chamber called [ 𓂀]
"The House of Gold, wherein One (i.e. the Pharaoh) Rests,"
is obviously the Sarcophagus Chamber. An alternative
designation <[ 𓂀]>, "The Chariot-Hall" is, however, given on
the verso. The designation "House of Gold" is, per-
haps, the more appropriate, as its explanation may be
the yellow ground-colour, the customary colour of
these sarcophagus chambers, a/<and> possibly symbolical of
the golden hue of sun-set in the West. It is also
possible that the designations "Chariot-Hall" and
"House of God, <Wherein One Rests,>" may originally have been the technical
names for the pillared portion and the sunken 'well'
portion <for the sarcophagus> typical of the earlier form of <the> Sarcophagus
Chamber <(see below)>.
The reference in the same document description/<legend> to "the equip-
ment of His Majesty on every side of it," evidently
means the sepulchral-shrines and framework for the pall
that surround and cover the sarcophagus; and the
phrase "together with the Divine Ennead which is in
De'et," may refer either to the texts upon the shrines
or, perhaps, the statuettes of divinities such as
have been found in Tutankhamen's and other royal tombs.
For the subsidiary rooms or annexes of the sarcoph-
agus chamber we find the following terms used in the
document:- [ 𓂀]
"The Corridor which is the Shabti-place," or [ 𓂀]
[ 𓂀] "The Corridor which
is on the inner side of the House of Gold," which in <reality>
this case is <but> an extension leading to (1) [ 𓂀] "The
[ 𓂀] "The Resting-place of the Gods," (2) [ 𓂀]