TAA i.2.12.07.verso

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7
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Material examination notes
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Measurements
32.4 x 20.2 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
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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.