TAA i.1.memo.39

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Notes and memoranda on various aspects of the tomb (TAA i.1.memo.33-40)
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Notes and memoranda on various aspects of the tomb
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Alfred Lucas
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Card
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12.7 x 20.3 cm (h x w)
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Plaster – Various 

                                                                         a         b        c        d       e          f
                                                                         %      %        %      %      %        %
Sand                                                             11.0   14.5   15.0   15.0   9.0     16.0
Hydrated sulphate of lime (gypsum)      75.9   85.5   78.1   74.4   84.8   66.3
Carbonate of lime, oxide of iron etc      13.1  trace    6.9   10.6    6.2     17.7
                                                                    100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

a. Left side of steps
b. Steps where repaired anciently
c. Above lintel of doorway at bottom of steps
d. Right side of doorway at bottom of steps
e. Left side of inclined passage
f. Right side of doorway to Antechamber.

 

All the samples are impure plaster of Paris.

 

See The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen. Vol. II. Appendix II pp. 162–163