the viennese industrialist rudolf maass covered the costs of the sale and transfer - around 30,000 krone. on 27 january 1914, the k.u.k. oberstkämmerer and the egyptian antiquities service signed off on the sale. the cult chamber was removed over the course of a month and was transported to vienna in 32 crates with a total weight of 65 tonnes. they began to arrive at vienna in july 1914.