TAA i.2.12.08.recto

Notebook
TAA i.2.12 (examination of materials)
Page number
8
Caption
Material examination notes
Creator
Alfred Lucas
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
32.4 x 20.2 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256
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Resin (Continued)

 

No 240 <211> Alabaster Jar (? For Perfume: Lion on lid). Cement fastening on lion 

            and ivory knob. Soluble in acetone and alcohol. Resin with ? red colour.

 

No 193. Contents of Vase in Kiosk. Reddish-brown powder loosely

5/25   aggregated in lumps. Insoluble in petroleum spirit. Practically 

          wholly soluble in alcohol: burns with smoky flame & smells like
          burning varnish.

 

No 193 Cementing Material on Vases. Black, resinous. Partly soluble in

𓂀  6/25 acetone: insoluble in petroleum spirit. Similar to black varnish

      on Kiosk.

 

No 172 Necklace. Some resin beads Reddish: brittle. 

 

…. Hollow Reed. Filled with <hard> black resinous-looking material

7/25 

     Length of reed: 30cm

     Ext. diam. 1·7cm 

     Core diam. 1·5cm

 

Solubility Resin: no fatty matter

<Burns with smoky flame & smell like burning varnish>

                                    Pot[?]. Spt. Slightly yellowish soln: and greasy stain on paper

                                   fatty matter (white, but not solid) ? due to impure Po[?] Spt

                                   alcohol. Brown soln. Residue after crop[?] Yellow, translucent,

                                   soft, burns, aromatic, fatty. Contra lid[?] their with Ret[?] Spt.

                                   Final residue = yellow powder – resinous, soln sticky, smells

                                   like burning varnish when burned. Extract = Fatty Matter.

                                   Residue after acetone (& alcohol also) Brown powder with

                                   remains of beetles: no charcoal: glows when heated.

                                   Original material burns readily with luminous,

                                   smoky flame & smell like burning varnish. Is

                                   resin and fatty matter.

 

 

No 256 Under diadem on head of mummy. Brown: <in appearance> resembled beeswax: melted with

20/26  heat: no greasy stain on paper: insoluble in benzine, soluble in alcohol.

             No inorganic matter present.