TAA i.2.12a.1.51
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(b) Two small patches of gold leaf on side of base
No cup
Ankh is bronze in very good condition: metal
covered with brown powdery material, which
brushed off.
Washed with water.
A few small/<tiny> dead beetles on base.
Part of top of base at back, round stem of ankh,
at front left corner and on left side gesso
under the black material. This probably
simply stopping for faults in wood.
(c) Brown powdery material on metal which brushed
off
Bronze cylinder covered with gold leaf: remains of wick
(d) Remains of a few small/<tiny> dead beetles on stand
Bronze cylinder covered with gold leaf: linen wick
Removed wick from cylinder. The part above cylinder
showed no signs of oil or grease, below cylinder there
was a <slight> resinous looking coating with slight white
patches & slight yellowish patches in places