Object

Five-Foot Square Skylight to Map Room

A five-foot square skylight blends into the Tanis dig tents, concealing the shaft to the ancient map room below. Indy and Sallah, disguised as local diggers, approach it amid morning light. Sallah ties a rope to a nearby oil drum for descent support. Indy probes the edges with his long wooden staff to test stability, then drops into the dark shaft feet-first, committing to the perilous entry.

1 appearances

Purpose

Serves as hidden entry point from surface tents into subterranean map room

Significance

Marks pivotal access to map room ahead of Nazis; underscores Indy-Sallah partnership through rope setup and staff probe; embodies Indy's physical risk to outpace Belloq

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Rope, Staff, and Trust — Descent into the Map Room

The five‑foot square skylight, disguised as a dirt mound on the buried roof, functions as the covert entry point; Indy inspects its lip, drops the staff through it, and then uses the rope secured by Sallah to descend through it into the map room below.

Before: Concealed as a mound of dirt on the roof of the ancient building; closed to casual inspection but observable to someone looking closely.

After: Actively used as the access hole through which Indy descends into the subterranean map room.

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