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Svpswi Jams
Fig. 880. Section of Ends ok Projecting
Walls at Entrance of ' Room of Throne'.
Opening
W, into
' Room of
Throne'.
ANTE-CHAMBER OF 'ROOM OF THRONE' 905
1 vel1 (see Eig- s79 and Suppl. PL LXIII), and their slabs had, as in other
s rested on horizontal wooden beams, since carbonized.
In the interspace between the two benches the floor was also covered
with a mass of carbonized material,
the true import of which was only
realized after the discovery of a
gypsum throne in a similar position
in the adjoining chamber. The
seat of honour had here been of
wood, a circumstance which gains
additional interest from the con-
clusion, demonstrated below, that
the gypsum throne was itself a
copy of a wooden original, and its form and decoration bound up with the
wood-carver's craft.
To the West of the Ante-room was an opening about 3-25 metres
(10 ft. 6 in.) wide, with walls projecting on either side—that to the left
twice as much as the other—leading into the more important inner chamber
(Fig. 879). Both wall-ends here showed an interesting arrangement con-
sisting" of two corner posts and a central pilaster of wood and gypsum bars—
the remaining" surface of the rubble core of the wall being coated with thick
plaster with an exceptionally hard yellow facing (see section, Fig. 880).
The woodwork, though reduced to charcoal, was fairly preserved at the
time of excavation.
Interesting evidence also came to light that this finish to the two wall-
ends of the opening between the two chambers had been preceded by an
earlier system consisting" of two pairs of double doors with a narrow central
pier. I races of the gypsum jamb at the Southern end of these were
accompanied on the adjoining threshold slabs by the actual marks of the
swing of the door (see Plan, Fig. 877), such as were found in other cases.'-
Experience seems to have shown that a wider opening here was more
convenient, and it may be supposed that privacy, when needed, was secured
by means of a double curtain hung across the opening.
The ' Room of the Throne'.
The adjoining surface area, West, that was next attacked by the spade Excaw
was the scene of one of the great surprises of the whole excavation. ' Room of
l The benches on this side were slightly "■ See P. o/M., iii, p. 320, Fig. 213.
higher than that on the South Wall.
Double
door
opening
later re-
moved.
to
Fig. 880. Section of Ends ok Projecting
Walls at Entrance of ' Room of Throne'.
Opening
W, into
' Room of
Throne'.
ANTE-CHAMBER OF 'ROOM OF THRONE' 905
1 vel1 (see Eig- s79 and Suppl. PL LXIII), and their slabs had, as in other
s rested on horizontal wooden beams, since carbonized.
In the interspace between the two benches the floor was also covered
with a mass of carbonized material,
the true import of which was only
realized after the discovery of a
gypsum throne in a similar position
in the adjoining chamber. The
seat of honour had here been of
wood, a circumstance which gains
additional interest from the con-
clusion, demonstrated below, that
the gypsum throne was itself a
copy of a wooden original, and its form and decoration bound up with the
wood-carver's craft.
To the West of the Ante-room was an opening about 3-25 metres
(10 ft. 6 in.) wide, with walls projecting on either side—that to the left
twice as much as the other—leading into the more important inner chamber
(Fig. 879). Both wall-ends here showed an interesting arrangement con-
sisting" of two corner posts and a central pilaster of wood and gypsum bars—
the remaining" surface of the rubble core of the wall being coated with thick
plaster with an exceptionally hard yellow facing (see section, Fig. 880).
The woodwork, though reduced to charcoal, was fairly preserved at the
time of excavation.
Interesting evidence also came to light that this finish to the two wall-
ends of the opening between the two chambers had been preceded by an
earlier system consisting" of two pairs of double doors with a narrow central
pier. I races of the gypsum jamb at the Southern end of these were
accompanied on the adjoining threshold slabs by the actual marks of the
swing of the door (see Plan, Fig. 877), such as were found in other cases.'-
Experience seems to have shown that a wider opening here was more
convenient, and it may be supposed that privacy, when needed, was secured
by means of a double curtain hung across the opening.
The ' Room of the Throne'.
The adjoining surface area, West, that was next attacked by the spade Excaw
was the scene of one of the great surprises of the whole excavation. ' Room of
l The benches on this side were slightly "■ See P. o/M., iii, p. 320, Fig. 213.
higher than that on the South Wall.
Double
door
opening
later re-
moved.
to