TAA i.2.12.07.verso
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No 256 . Abdomen of mummy packed with woven fabric and resin
No 256 From just below nostrils. ? Plug. Decayed woven fabric and resin
(21/26)
No 256 Tiny specks of reddish material from right eye. Very resinous looking: possibly
(22/26) soluble in acetone and in alcohol.
VV. Ring. Almost black
… Large scarabs Almost black
No 267A. Cement for inlay of Uraeus. Resinous-looking: soluble in acetone:
(86/26) dark-reddish brown.
No 269K. Beads belonging to Pectoral. Very dark red: black by reflected light
No 269A (2) Large beads on Earrings. Much cracked. Dark red: black by reflected light.
No 261 F8. Red Translucent Resin. Lumps of. Entirely soluble in alcohol
(43/26) Insoluble in Benzine: appearance of fracture of resin
No 261 H. See Natron. (a) & (b) Gum resin. Partly dissolved by alcohol & partly
soluble in water (soln sticky when damp)
alcohol soln yellowish. Burns rigorously &
leaves carbonaceous residue. (a) (b) & (c) together
will not burn as a whole, (a) & (c) light & soon
go out: smell <pleasant but> not aromatic – like varnish.
Hence doubtful if incense (i.e. the whole)
No 267 K (2) Beads. (Resin & lapis lazuli) Red resin
V VV. Cement firing in gold pins of Lapis ring. Reddish resin
WB Arch 6/33 Luting from jar lid = resin.