TAA i.2.12a.4.11

Page number
11
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
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Measurements
21.0 cm x 16.5 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
page with writing
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Finger Rings

 

77 (5 rings)

 

1 Green chalcedony

1 Lapis lazuli

1 Carnelian[?] Chalcedony scarab in gold mount

1 Gold mount, lapis scarab, inlay (Repaired by HC with glue & waxed)

1 Gold with inlaid ureiisic – thin & poor (Dipped in melted paraffin wax)

 

Grease removed with acetone

Cleaned with warm water & gold with warm water & ammonia

 

VV (8 rings)

 

1 Resin

2 s/<S>olid gold

1 Gold foil on ? wood

1 Black resin

4 Scarabs in gold mounts ( 1 Turquoise with dark brownish red patches 

                      1 Lapis lazuli 

                      (a) 1 q/<Q>uartz – slight green tint   (or of a glazed)

                      x 1 Lapis (see below)                material

 

Resin cleaned with warm water only

Gold cleaned with warm water & ammonia.

 

x Lapis now in 4/<5> pieces (possibly originally in 5 4 3) & is hollow (i.e. a shell) & is filled with 

a whitish material which has expanded & either split the 

lapis: or xxx[?] it apart where perxxx[?]: gold <pins> fixed in with 

a reddish resin. 

This was repaired by HC. & xxx[?] treated with vaseline

 

(a) Two more <(larger)> scarabs of this material <(g,g)>: Can just be possibly

scratched with a knife. Opaque: slight fairly uniform 

green tint: certainly natural stone: