TAA i.1.memo.37
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Sepulchral Chamber – Plaster from Walls
South Wall North Wall
% %
Sand 13.0 11.0
Hydrated sulphate of lime (gypsum) 76.7 78.1
Carbonate of lime, oxide of iron etc. 10.3 10.9
Total 100.0 100.0
The material is an impure plaster of Paris and is practically
identical in the two cases. It contains a x[?]
See The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen Vol II. Appendix II pp 162–163