The Griffith Institute Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation The Howard Carter Archives Photographs by Harry Burton |
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Carter No.: 101
Handlist description: Round-topped chest of ebony and painted white wood Card/Transcription No.: 101-5 |
101. Large box. Near knob-end a tiny hieratic inscription <> all cursive, but certain tiny traces "What is in it, 17 d3y, making 14 d3iw." Both words are garments NB! Both the important words here are determined with the sign for garment, cloth, linen, and both occur often in the texts. The meaning of neither is really fixed, d3iw has been supposed to be a loin-cloth. See Weni and the Eloquent Peasant. It is of great importance to fix meaning of these words Inscription running down centre of box. Hieroglyphs:- <> Cartouches on knob-end <> <> There are cartouches also on knobs. |