TAA i.3.31.6

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 6.

Transcription

                                           (6)

 

          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]