TAA i.3.14.1

                                          (1)

Notes upon the very remarkable rose coloured gold

          employed in jewellery and other ornaments

          of the Theban Egyptian New Empire, particularly

          among those discovered in the tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen.

M^r A. Lucas writes (Appendix II, The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen,

vol. ii, p. 172 ff.):- “One very noticeable feature of the gold

          was the varied colour it presented, sometimes in

          patches and sometimes over the whole surface.

          The colours comprised bright yellow, dull yellow,

          grey and red of various shades, including red-

          dish brown, light brick colour, blood colour,

          dull purple (plum colour), and a very remarkable

          rose colour, all except the last manifestly 

          being fortuitous, and due to chemical changes

          that had taken place during the time the objects

          had been in the Tomb. Although

             Although very few references to the occurrence of

          any sort of red colour on gold can be traced, the

          dark red of old gold is not uncommon, and even

          the characteristic rose colour may be seen on

          several small objects in the Cairo Museum (of this