TAA i.2.12a.4.15

Page number
15
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
21.0 cm x 16.5 cm (h x w)
page with writing
Transcription

Uraeus 4Q


Gold with Lapis & glass & stone (translucent) with 

red cement now decayed. The stone is fibrous calcite. 

Body & tail in sections: all plastered with beeswax to 

stick it in place on wrappings.
Cleaned with acetone (& CHCl3) & ammonia

 

Vulture 4R


Gold: plastered with beeswax as above.
Cleaned as above.

 

MMM also NNN also Z


Large inlaid bird in sections.
Dark blue glass now quite decayed - no colour &

much expansion.
Cleaned with ammonia & warm water (after acetone 

to dissolve fatty matter)

 

In a number of cases <in MMM> red glass inlay was covered 

with a green deposit & looked exactly like green 

inlay.
In Z the blue glass in part was in better condition.


Amulets
4L
4K
4J
4I                              } Gold: cleaned with ammonia & warm water
4I bis
4H
4G
4F


Also L[?] (with x[?]/<t>iny crystals of fatty acid) F. G. H. P. C. W. TT and M all 

gold & many with white deposit probably of fatty matter: cleaned with 

ammonia, heating, nitric acid & warm water.
Also LLL.