Notes on various aspects of the Annexe
by Howard Carter (1-4, 10-43, 47-64), Alfred Lucas (5-9, 44-6) and A. H. Gardiner (41)

Concept & Direction: Jaromir Malek
Transcript: Sue Hutchison
Editing: Jaromir Malek
Scanning: Jenni Navratil
Editorial coordination: Elizabeth Fleming


Annexe 1

NOTE BOAT SERIES FOUND IN ANNEXE

No. 464 1. Reed-float or canoe (similar to No. 313).
No. 597 Carvel-built boat, double cabin, kiosk, and look-outs, with two steering-oars at stern (similar to No. 314).
Nos. 352, 437 and 513. Carvel-built boat, cabin & kiosk, single mast and rigging (similar to No. 336).
Nos. 375, 463, 481, 491, 556, 581 and 610. Carvel built, single steering oar, single mast, sail & rigging, foredeck marked with the sign <>.
Nos. 460, 462, 609, 612, and 617. Carvel built, single steering oar, single mast, sail and rigging.

(Seventeen boats of five classes)


Annexe 2

Beds & Bed Stands

Beds 466: 497: 377: 576 (end of 497): 586 (folding couch).

Stands 606


Annexe 3

Household Furniture - Bedsteads
1

Its forms and decoration have naturally varied in the course of the different ages, and thus have an historical interest. With regard to its accompaniments (bedding, coverlets, etc.) we know nothing, save from mural decorations in private tomb-chapels, where a white kind of mattress and a head-rest (generally of wood) is almost invariably shown, and even as early as the Third Dynasty it was accompanied with a small low rectangular table (cf. tomb of Hesyre). At that early period they began by having only two short legs at the head-end, and thus formed an inclined couch, to which leather, or some suitable material, was laced and held taut to the framework by the means of thongs. This form of couch developed into a four-legged bedstead, comprising an oblong rectangular frame-work to which feet were attached to the four corners, like the


Annexe 4

2
North African native angarib of the present day. In the Old Kingdom the feet took a bovine form, which later, especially during the New Empire, they are of feline shape. An upright foot-board, generally comprising three panels, was added to the foot end, thus forming the fully developed Pharaonic bedstead, such as we find in this tomb. A convenient height for the head-end of the bedstead was obtained by placing under the feet specially made wooden blocks varying in different degrees of height; for elasticity, a web of linen string was woven across, from end to end, the framework proper, and the strengthening slats (stretchers), under the framework, were sufficiently curved so as to be clear of the sagging web when it was slept upon.

Bedsteds of the New Empire, such as are found in this tomb, were elaborately decorated with inlaid wood-work, sheet-gold, ivory and ebony. One specimen in this discovery is of particular interest, it being a folding bedstead for portable purposes. (see No. 586).


Annexe 5

1
Annexe State of

The walls spotted with brown fungus, fairly uniformly.
Ceiling only a little spotted.
This fungus is noticeable over the black pointing marks.
Usual pink hue covering chamber, possibly slightly more at S. than at N.
Scarlet patches on natural surfaces.
Plaster covering of imperfections in wall also pink.
Generally speaking this chamber seems in a worse condition than the others.
The pink discoloration on ceiling particularly marked round mouths of natural cracks and fissures.


Annexe 6

2
Size of Chamber (Annexe)

Length: 435 cms (mean)
Width: 260 cms (mean)
Height: 260 cms (mean).

Doorway

Width 94 cms
Height inside 130 cms
" outside (Antechamber) 135 cms

Threshold slanting inwards distinctly
Lintel slanting inwards distinctly

Piece of rock cut out of left-hand door jamb to admit bedstead


Annexe 7

3
A natural fissure utilized for N. door jamb.

S. wall
Fault in rock marked with black paint at E. corner

S.W. Corner
In an irregular hole is evidence of a small lamp with smoke

Floor
was covered with a black powder evidently decayed material from objects ?fruit

Mason's pointing marks on walls & ceiling

On walls and ceiling green spots of copper compound suggesting traces left from copper or bronze chisels - a few of these were picked off for analysis

On W. wall 5 units shown in black pigment

See Slip No. 5


Annexe 8

4
Measurements of marks continued

S. wall
From E. Corner
(1) 47 (2) 103 (3) 158 (4) 215 (5) 257

N. wall
None.

See Slip No. 5.


Annexe 9

Note

Baskets
Wine jars
Alabaster vases

Mostly in front & on N side of doorway.

Lids of alabaster vases removed with rare exceptions & contents apparently stolen, which may be a reason for the disturbance of these vases the contents of which could have been of no value to the metal robbers


Annexe 10

NOTE SANDALS

A large number of sandals were found scattered in this chamber.
See Nos. 373, 397, 620-(119).


Annexe 11

List of shawabti-figures found in Annexe.

FiguresImplements
337.1023
380928
41820100
4581-
4592084
4961668
5122098
5141024
5171798
5191668
6011-
6024032
6051427
6082279
61119  4106  86
620-(113)1-
620-(115)-238
______
2361073


Annexe 12

TYPE
<>
L. R.
the crozier and flagellum

See Nos. 605.d.
605.e.
605.g.
514.a.
514.b.
514.c.
514.d.
337.a.
337.b.
337.c.


Annexe 13

<>
L. R.
two flagella
See No. 459.g.


Annexe 14

Type
<>
L. R.
The ankh and flagellum.
See Nos. 380.b.
459.c.
459.d.


Annexe 15

Types
<> or <>
L. R. L. R.
Two ankhs.
See Nos. 380.c.
380.e.
418.c.
418.d.
512.c.
608.a.
459.a
459.b
517.c


Annexe 16

TYPE
<>
L. R.
No implements.
See Nos. 605.c. 608.e
605.f. 517.a.
380.a 517.b.
605.a 517.e.
605.b. 517.f
602.f.
496.e.
496.d.
418.e.
418.f.
519.d
519.e.
519.f.
512.d.
512.e.
611.c.
608.d.


Annexe 17

Type
<>
L. R.
the dad, band of linen, and flagellum.
See Nos. 602.c.


Annexe 18

Type
<>
L. R.
The band of linen and flagellum.

See Nos. 380.d.
380.f.
380.g.
602.b.
602.e.
602.d.
496.b.
496.c.
519.a.
519.b.
519.c.
459.e.
459.f.


Annexe 19

Type
<>
L. R.
(the hoe is generally in the left hand)
the hoe,pic and two baskets.

See Nos. 418.a.
418.b.
418.g.
512.a.
512.b.
611.a.
611.b.
608.b.
608.c.
517.d.
517.g.
517.h.


Annexe 20

Violet glazed pottery
Calcite & 380.d.
Calcite & 380.f.
Wood gesso-gilt


Annexe 21

Calcite & 380.b.
Calcite & 459.d.


Annexe 22

325.d. & 512.b.
Wood gesso-gilt
323. g. & 418.b.
Wood gesso on linen, painted


Annexe 23

323.a. & 418.a.
Painted wood
324.a. & 611.a.
Painted wood
324.j. & 611.b.
Painted wood

Annexe 24

322.a. & 605.d.
Quartzite
322.b. & 605.e.
Quartzite
322.e. & 514.d.
Quartzite


Annexe 25

Limestone
330.n.
Limestone
330.l.
Granite
322.g.


Annexe 26

wood, painted
319.c. & 418.c.
wood painted
323.o. & 415.d.
Calcite
and 380.c.
Calcite
and 380.b.
Blue glazed pottery
327.ee.


Annexe 27

<>
325.e.
wood gesso-gilt


Annexe 28

323.p.
Painted wood
324.m. & 611.c.
Painted wood
324.g.
Painted wood
324.t. & 517.e.
Painted wood
323.l.
Painted wood


Annexe 29

Wood gesso-gilt
325.c.


Annexe 30

330.o.
Crystalline limestone
322.i
Quartzite
328.n
Calcite
329.l
Yellow limestone


Annexe 31

326.r. & 519.d.
Light blue glaze
327.h.
Light blue glaze


Annexe 32

Nothing in hands

326.i.
Violet glaze
327.l
Blue glaze
327.o.
Light blue glaze
327.dd.
Light blue glaze
327.n.
Light blue glaze
327.q.
Light blue glaze
327.b.
White glaze


Annexe 32A

WINE-JAR
NOTES

TYPES OF SEALS - A to P
TYPES OF SEALS - Z & Y

NOS. OF WINE-JARS 362, 392, 411, 413, 432, 434,
486, 489, 490, 500, 508, 509, 516, 523, 536, 539, 541, 549,
560, 563, 568, 570, 571. (Note one with no number.)

Alternated type of wine-jars
Nos. 431, 498, 499, 502, & 409.


Annexe 33

(ROUGH) LIST OF WINE-JAR DOCKETS

dates. Year 1. 508
" 3. 362, 411.
" 4. 392, 411, 413, 486, 568.
" 5. 434, 489, 509, 523, 549, 560, 570, 571
" 9. 516, 541.
" 10. 500, 539.
" 21. 563. (No number)

Officials
<> 362, 486
<> 392
<> 411
<> 413
<> 434
<> 489
the Vizier <> 490

<>508, 560, 564, 570
<> 509
<> 516
<> 523
<> 539, 541
<> 549
<>... (no number)

Domain of Aten 362, 392, 411, 413, 434, 486, 489, 509, 523, 539, 549, 571, (no number) = 68%
" " Amen 508 = 5%
" " Tut-ankh-Amen 516, 541, 560, 568, 570 = 27%

Places River of the West 362, 413, 434, 486, 489, 508, 509, 516, 523, 539, 541, 549, 560, 568, 570, (no number).
<> Sile (Kantareh) 411
<> 500, ?reading
<> 571, ?reading.


Annexe 34

SCALE 1/2
A B C D
(see 541) (see 541) lower portion not certain whether it really belongs.


Annexe 35

SCALE 1/2 Note this small size is used for resealing the holes made to allow gas to escape after fermentation.
F G K


Annexe 36

Scale 1/2
E J L M


Annexe 37

SCALE 1/2
H I N O
no plural signs
frag.
missing


Annexe 38

SCALE 1/2
P


Annexe 39

SCALE 1/2 Types of seals
Z 1
rush binding
clay
rush binding
pottery neck

Y 23
rush binding
clay seal
rush-work protection
pottery jar underneath


Annexe 40

SCALE 3 m/m per centimetre
There were several wine-jar of this type - mostly broken - but from the fragments only 9 to 10 approx. can be identified, and of these see Nos. 431, 498, 499, 502 and 409.
Dried lees were found inside the two unbroken specimens Nos. 431 and 502.
The plaster & rush stopper (type Z) and impressions of seal (type I) seem to have been the types of stoppers and seals employed for this particular make of wine-jar.
By their fragile nature they suffered much from the ill-treatment that occured in this (Annexe) chamber.

see type Z
for seal impressions on top only see type I.
greenish grey pottery

(see photo).


Annexe 41

No number
<>"Year 9, wine [sweet? of the house of] Aten in [the Western] river
<> Chief of the vineyard ... Khay"


Annexe 42

BASKET-WARE 1
There were 116 examples of this type of vessels which contained fruits, seed, etc.
For the various types see following nos: -
No. 338 oval basket, large size, of which there were 10 examples
440A " " , medium size, " " " " 69 "
616 " " , small size, " " " " 2 "
589 Round " , large size, " " " " 2 "
357 " " , small size, " " " " 28 "
422 " " , " " , " " " " 2 " with strings for suspension
589A Bottle " , ------ " " " " 3 "
116

68% of these baskets contained fruits of which the nabuk was the most common.
26% " " " " seeds.
1% " " " " what appears to have been a kind of bread for beer making.
- the remainder were found empty.


Annexe 43

BASKET-WARE 2

These baskets show by their symmetry the natural aptitude of the expert workman of the industry.
Some of the smaller and finer weaved baskets are adorned with patterns formed by inter-weaving stained with the natural grasses.
Most of the coarser baskets are made of fibre `skains' from the fruit bearing stalks of the date palm, bound with the fronds of the dôm palm, or as in some cases the date palm, which were in all probability first soaked in water to render them both leathery and pliable.
The fibre `skains' were probably obtained by beating the stalks with a mallet; a metal knife or clippers was possibly employed for cutting out material; and a bone or metal bodkin for drawing through the fronds when connecting the strands in building up the basket.

The 'strokes' employed in the construction of these baskets appear to have been similar to those used today by native basket-makers.


Annexe 44

Green Spots from Walls

These consist of carbonate of copper.


Annexe 44A

[not transcribed]


Annexe 45

White Film on Various Objects. 1

592 Stool. Irregular patches of a thin, white, powdery film. This when examined chemically was found to contain a fair proportion of sulphate and of calcium and a small proportion of carbonate and to be free from chloride. The material, therefore, was not wholly or even largely limestone dust (such as might have settled on it in the tomb) but consisted principally of very finely powdered calcium sulphate (gypsum). The film, however, had not the appearance or thickness of an applied paint and appeared to be unintentional.
547 Box A similar-looking film in irregular patches consisted chieftly of calcium sulphate.
615 Lid of Box. A similar-looking film recurred: it was slightly translucent. The material was inorganic and hence not a resin or gum applied as a varnish; it was rather more coherant than that on Stool 592. The ony ingredients that could be found were a large proportion of sulphate and of calcium, evidently present as calcium sulphate.
Stool 414. A similar-looking film. This also gave the tests for calcium and sulphate

(continued)


Annexe 46

White Film on Various Objects 2

Stool 442 E. A similar-looking film. This gave the tests for calcium and sulphate and also for carbonate. The sulphate, however, was only in very small proportion, but the carbonate occurred in fairly large proportion. The material therefore was largely limestone dust.
Box 388. A similar-looking film in large amount. This consisted essentially of calcium carbonate (i.e. limestone dust) and did not contain any sulphate.


Annexe 47

TEXTS TO BE DECIPHERED

Nos. 386; 577; 349; 345; 585; 420; 585R; 393; 585Q; 620-96 to 109; wine-jar seals; 571; 434; 413; 568; 500; 489; 392; 560; 549; 411; 523; 539; 563; 508; 486; 362; 490; 516; 541; 570; 406; 509; 575; 494; (403 texts); 370, a, b; 575, 615.


Annexe 48

<> Rêises with a whip (or flail) miniature hoes, & pics
" yokes
" baskets and water vessels.
Band of linen
Shawabti rêis.


Annexe 49

TYPES OF HEAD-DRESS

For reference to notes


Annexe 50

type (1)
<>
<> `The white crown'
<> `Crown of Up. Eg.'
<> 'Great Crown'
<>=<> `White crown' <> `great crown'
Gardiner, Eg. Gram. 491


Annexe 51

type (2)
<>
<> `red crown'
<> `crown of Low. Eg'
<> 'nt-crown'
<> `crown of Low. Eg'
Gardiner, Eg. Gram., 491.


Annexe 52

Type (3)
<>

<> `The double crown' of Up. and Low. Eg.
<> `The double crown'
<> `The great crown'
Gardiner, Eg. Gram, 491


Annexe 53

Type (4)
<>

<> `the blue crown'
Gardiner, Eg. Gram., 492


Annexe 54

Type (5)

<>

<> nms Lacau, Sarcophs pl. LIV., 487, 28087 (64).
<> nms " " " 490, 28091 (97)
<> nms " " " 484, 28037 (42)

<> Coiffure royale éthiopienne (BR). Pierret, Voc. hier., p. 522.
<> Coiffure royale (stèle éthiopienne, dite de l'Intronisation) Pierret, Voc. hier. p. 568.


Annexe 55

Type (6)

<>

<> Lacau, Sarcophs, pl. LIV., 489, 28034 (2)

<>


Annexe 56

<> WIG (round and short) type (7)


Annexe 57

<> WIG (round and long) type (8)


Annexe 58

<> Wig (round and long) type (9)


Annexe 59

<> Round wig type (10)


Annexe 60

<> type (11)


Annexe 61

<> type (12)

<> `The 3tf-crown' (of Osiris) Gardiner, Eg. Gram, 492, 532


Annexe 62

<> type (13)

<> `double plumes' Gardiner, Eg. Gram., 492


Annexe 63

<> Type (14)

<> 'wreath' Gardiner, Eg. Gram. 492
<> 'fillet' " " " .
<> 'head-band' " " " 558

<>
<> `fillet' (or diadem) Lacau, Sarcophs, pl. LIV., 491, 28037 (43)


Annexe 64

<> Type (15)
<> Lacau, Sarcophs., pl. LIV, 485, 28037 (41).


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