Card/Transcription No.: 239-04

(2)

slope from the ground upwards) of 16.5 mills. approx. per 1.m.
vertical.

(a)

The shrine is made up of five separate sections, or members,
namely: - one roof section which includes the cavetto cornice
and torus moulding; two side sections, comprising frieze,
panel and dado; one back end section, two corner posts,
frieze, panel and dado; one front end section consisting of
two corner posts which also form the door jambs, lintel or
over door frieze, a sill, and two folding doors.

The form of the roof - a barrel shaped vault abutting upright
rectangular end pieces - was obviously derived from the system
employed when flying a vault without centering over crude mud
brick buildings (cf. the vaults over the store chambers of the
Ramesseum; also the modern native buildings south of Kom
Ombo).

(b)

The following joiners `guide' marks and cardinal points were
written upon the various sections: -