TAA i.2.12.86.recto

Notebook
TAA i.2.12 (examination of materials)
Page number
86
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.s
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                                                 Eyes

 

154/23. BK 1/89 (From C.G. Edgar 16·10·23 no details known)

 

(One: date      Front of globe/<eye> with pupil.

& provenance   Front is <transparent> quartz: small hole <(recess)> at back <filled> with dark resinous looking 

unknown)      material. This is largely soluble in alcohol: insoluble in benzine:

              smells & burns like resin with a varnish-like smell. Is[?] resin.

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BK 4/58  Metal Frames m 23rd to 25th Dynasty Abusir el Melaq

   x[?]

(Three)   White balls = crystalline CaCO3 (in one case banded) 

 

No 32|25  Pupils    = resin (in two cases pupil is missing)
     (fastened to flattened front of eyeball)

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115/27  Old Kingdom    Geusyet el Amwat, Near Minia

 

BK 6/1  White balls = hard crystalline CaCO3                 J 5T922

 

Two   Pupils     = obsidian

                                                    

                Metal rims = broken & now fragmentary

        (copper)

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Coffin 255.      Whites Decayed therefore probably CaCO3

(Tut-ankhamun)  Pupils  Obsidian 

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Head of Vulture (S) Eyes obsidian

 

x  Head of Vulture (S) Eyes obsidian  (From Diadem)

 

x  Hawk (283C)         -do- (?)

 

x  Cows Head (264)   Pupil obsidian (?)    (white = crystalline CaCO3)

 

x  Figure (282A)                     -do- (?)            (                 -do-          )

 

x  Figures (289A&B)          -do-  (?)       (               -do-          )

 

x  Figure on Mirror Case (271C) -do-  (?)          (               -do-          )

x  Figures <Hawk> Headed (298A)  Eye obsidian (?)   

 

x  Pectoral (267E)                                  Pupil obsidian (?) (white = crystalline CaCO3)   


x  Pectoral (267O)                    -do-                    -

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BK 10/72         Cat. Nos. 52945/6: 52949/50   M.K. Dashur.

 

Seen          Rims: silver                    (See Bijoux et Orfèvreries

from        brown  Balls: opaque white quartz                      See also      & Vernier

front 𓂀   black  Corneas: transparent quartz (rock crystal) Work Book Arch  pp 312·3

                                                                                                11/6

52948: cornea missing:      Pupils: small circular recess bored at back of cornea filled with black

a disc of brown resinous-  material

looking material below
52949 cornea loose: eyeball[?]
has been bored with

tubular drill to admit
cornea.

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Two very small(?) Animal Eyes[?]. No numbers visible.

No white ball: front in rock crystal with pupil, nature of which cannot be seen.