TAA i.2.12a.1.51

Page number
51
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
22.8 cm x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Transcription

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41 Contd
(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