TAA i.2.12a.1.50.recto

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Ankh Torch Holders 41.
Four.
All have rectangular base of hard red wood covered 

with thin layer of brilliant black pitch-like brittle 

material which is much of which has flaked 

off and the rest was loose.
Blew off dust with bellows.
Black material is resin.
Sprayed with <solution of> celluloid in amyl acetate which 

partly dissolved the resin & fixed it firmly when 

dry.
(a) Very small patch of gold leaf on one side of base. 

On one side of base patches of white material 

suggestive of fatty acid. Acid to litmus: soluble 

in benzine, alcohol & water.
Rich resinous-looking cement adhering to 

one hand.
No cup.
Ankh is bronze in good condition: <a few> small 

marks like fly marks: one a few small red 

patches on bronze (? cuprous oxide) one arm, hand 

& side has slight amount of green corrosion.