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II. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OE THE TOMB,
AND
EXPLANATION OF THE SCENES AND INSCRIPTIONS,
1. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
See Plates II.-IV.
In spite of the injury done by the earthquake,
which completely ruined the front part of the
tomb, its original plan can be restored with
certainty. It was as follows :—
(1) A deep portico, supported by two
columns, with palm-leaf capitals.
(2) A rectangular main chamber.
(3) A small shrine beyond.
(4) A shaft or gallery for the mummy,
driven horizontally below the chambers.
1. The cliff has been trimmed back only a
few feet for the facade. The excavation for the
portico was broad and high (nearly 23 feet by
15 feet), leaving only a very narrow band of
faced rock, about 9 inches at the top and about
2 feet at the sides.
The depth of the portico from front to
back was 14 feet. A massive architrave of
square section crossed the roof at about
2 feet from the front, and was supported by
two columns of circular section with broad
circular bases and palm-leaf capitals (for
details see pi. iv.). In these columns the shaft
tapers upwards; at the base it is 26 inches in
diameter, at the top 21^ inches. The leaves
forming the capital spring from four annulets ;
these probably represent a cord which bound
the leaves together, but the ends of the ties in
this instance are not shown, so that they can
only be described as annulets. The columns
were surmounted by shallow square abaci,
upon which the architrave rested. The base is
4 feet 8-g- inches in diameter at the bottom, and
6 inches high ; its sides slope and the top
edge is rounded.
The depth of the portico behind the abacus
is nearly 10 feet, and we have called this space
" the Outer Chamber " in the plates and in the
detailed description of the scenes. The ceiling
is flat. In the centre of the back wall is a
doorway lO-^- feet high by 4 feet wide, the
threshold of which is raised about 6 inches.
The architrave of the door projects about an
inch. The entrance was closed by a door
pivoted on the right side. The thickness of
the wall is nearly 5 feet.
2. The main chamber, or as we have called
it in the plates, &c, " the Inner Chamber," was
rectangular, measuring 20 feet broad by nearly
26 feet deep and 13 feet high, with flat
ceiling.
3. At the middle of the back wall a flight of
three low steps leads into a shrine, which was
closed by double doors, the pivot holes for
which remain at each side. The shrine itself
is slightly narrower than this doorway, and
hardly exceeds 4 feet in width. Its depth and
height alike are 8|- feet.
4. In front of the left-hand jamb of the
portico is a rectangular pit, 11 feet by 6 feet in
length and breadth. It descends vertically 9
feet. From its northern side runs a horizontal
gallery, *7\ feet high and 5^ feet broad, beneath
the left-hand wall of the tomb; where a part of
AND
EXPLANATION OF THE SCENES AND INSCRIPTIONS,
1. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
See Plates II.-IV.
In spite of the injury done by the earthquake,
which completely ruined the front part of the
tomb, its original plan can be restored with
certainty. It was as follows :—
(1) A deep portico, supported by two
columns, with palm-leaf capitals.
(2) A rectangular main chamber.
(3) A small shrine beyond.
(4) A shaft or gallery for the mummy,
driven horizontally below the chambers.
1. The cliff has been trimmed back only a
few feet for the facade. The excavation for the
portico was broad and high (nearly 23 feet by
15 feet), leaving only a very narrow band of
faced rock, about 9 inches at the top and about
2 feet at the sides.
The depth of the portico from front to
back was 14 feet. A massive architrave of
square section crossed the roof at about
2 feet from the front, and was supported by
two columns of circular section with broad
circular bases and palm-leaf capitals (for
details see pi. iv.). In these columns the shaft
tapers upwards; at the base it is 26 inches in
diameter, at the top 21^ inches. The leaves
forming the capital spring from four annulets ;
these probably represent a cord which bound
the leaves together, but the ends of the ties in
this instance are not shown, so that they can
only be described as annulets. The columns
were surmounted by shallow square abaci,
upon which the architrave rested. The base is
4 feet 8-g- inches in diameter at the bottom, and
6 inches high ; its sides slope and the top
edge is rounded.
The depth of the portico behind the abacus
is nearly 10 feet, and we have called this space
" the Outer Chamber " in the plates and in the
detailed description of the scenes. The ceiling
is flat. In the centre of the back wall is a
doorway lO-^- feet high by 4 feet wide, the
threshold of which is raised about 6 inches.
The architrave of the door projects about an
inch. The entrance was closed by a door
pivoted on the right side. The thickness of
the wall is nearly 5 feet.
2. The main chamber, or as we have called
it in the plates, &c, " the Inner Chamber," was
rectangular, measuring 20 feet broad by nearly
26 feet deep and 13 feet high, with flat
ceiling.
3. At the middle of the back wall a flight of
three low steps leads into a shrine, which was
closed by double doors, the pivot holes for
which remain at each side. The shrine itself
is slightly narrower than this doorway, and
hardly exceeds 4 feet in width. Its depth and
height alike are 8|- feet.
4. In front of the left-hand jamb of the
portico is a rectangular pit, 11 feet by 6 feet in
length and breadth. It descends vertically 9
feet. From its northern side runs a horizontal
gallery, *7\ feet high and 5^ feet broad, beneath
the left-hand wall of the tomb; where a part of