Isabella's body was laid out on an old box in a tileless shed at the rear of the house and covered in horse cloth.
2.
Edgar H . Sturtevant, an expert in Hittite studies, explains the etymology of word " koork " / " koorkas " as " horse cloth ".
3.
To save money on lodgings for the night, she is then said to have lay on the old box and covered herself with the horse cloth that once covered her maid.