a. The Tomb of Siptah; The Monkey Tomb and the Gold Tomb.
Theodore M/ Davis’ Excavations London 1908.
Illustrations in Colour (by Harold Jones) show^sic a gold rosette

entirely covered with rose colour (on side shown). This included among
“Gold Bracelets and Ornaments of Queen Tanosrit”. Also two other rosettes

b. with probably a small amount of rose colour. These among “Rings and Ornaments
of Queen Tanosrit.

Examples:- (a) Gold ornamentation of Sandals 21f & g (b) also of Sandals 21k & l

(c) Gold ornamentation of Robe 21r (d) Buckles 44a and 50tt (e) Necklaces on Mask and
on Gold Coffin (f) Beads of Necklace N^o 172. (f) RRR. Bib like colarette^sic on mummy.
(h) Beads of collars for Mask (256) & Coffin (255) (g) Ear-rings 269A (2)

Red Colour.
Tomb of Tuaa and Thuiu J.E. Quibell 1908
a. Sledge-shaped Canopy. “Much of the gold is reddish in colour”

b. Coffin. “The yellow gold is blotched with many patches of red rust.”
Archaic Objects. J.E. Quibell 1905
c. Flint Knife with Gold Sheath. “The gold sheath…shows in patches a red tint.”
d. Hawk’s head. “…many traces of the red rust of gold. Inside are many red patches”

e. Gold Foil. “Gold…has red rust.”
“The surface colour of small particles of native gold is often apparently

reddened by being coated with translucent films of oxides of iron” Gold by Rose

Red Coating on Gold. Due to extraneous deposits of Fe₂O₃ forced[?] by Agce Rathgen.

Bijoux et Orfèvreries. Emile Vernier. Cat. Gen. des Ant. Egypt. du Musee du Caire.
Vol I 1907 Vol II 1909