TAA i.2.12a.2.08

Page number
8
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
22.8 x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Handwritten notes on paper
Transcription

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Pink Colour of on Walls of Tomb.

 

In the first/<ante->chamber it is very noticeable that 

parts of the walls <and floor> in part are coloured pink. On 

closer examination it is seen that <what> the pink colour is/<colour>

coloured xxx[?] parts is present is upon/<is most marked> as where there is 

plaster on the stones. Thus the false wall 

at the north end in which is the sealed

doorway <leading to the sepulchral hall> is everywhere pink, the cement-like 

material on on the doorway being in great 

contrast. Generally the limestone of the walls is 

not pink but a few <loose> stones lying inside near the

<(except on 

the irregularities 

left by the 

mason and 

in the edges 

of any cracks)>

doorway are very pink on the exposed sides but 

white on the fourth side. The limestone of the 

floor under the rocks the left hand wall is also

pink in places.
There are small x[?] brown particles/<spots> apparently 

due to xxx[?] of iron/<fungus growths> scattered irregularly over 

<those that parts of> the walls that are free from plaster and to a 

less extent on the ceiling. The walls of the 

sepulchral hall are extensively marked with 

similar spots.