TAA i.2.12a.4.09

Mummy  256

Inside of abdomen packed with resinous material &

doubled up fabric making the whole a hard, solid mass. 

Flesh blackened and very brittle.

Bones blackened. 

Bandages <for most part> blackened and powdery: in some few 

instances brown (dark) & fragile.

(G.R.   Outside of skin from top of shoulders showed whitish

19/26) spots looking very like an eruption. 

            The whitish material was crystalline & consisted largely 

            of NaCl but contained some Na₃SO₄

4Q.       Specimen of material from underneath diadem on head

(GR       attaching vulture’s head to serpent’s head. This was brown

20/26)  & somewhat resembled beeswax (ancient + dry) in places but 

             proved to be resin. It was slightly resinous <looking> in places

             melted with heat, did not give a greasy stain on paper

             insoluble in benzine but soluble in alcohol. No inorganic 

             matter present (i.e. no admixture of whiting)

(GR      From just below the nostrils (? plug). Black, porous

21        material of light weight. This proved to be decayed

/26)     woven fabric held together by a little resin

(GR     Tiny specks of reddish material from right eye. With

22       a lens this looked very resinous: it was too small for a

/26)    complete examination but was probably resin. 

           Apparently only partly soluble in acetone & in alcohol.