taking several hours, but eventually it was crowned with
success and without ~~any~~ injury either to the (Third) Coffin
or the shell of the Second Coffin. The pins removed the lid
was raised. The penultimate scene was disclosed -
a very neatly wrapped Mummy of the young King, with golden
Mask of sad but tranquil expression, symbolizing Osiris.
The similitude of the youthful Tut.Ankh.Amen, until now
known only by name, amid that sepulchral silence,
made us realize the past. By this bespangled Mummy as
it lies in the Coffin he must have been a tall youth -
from the top of the <headdress of the> mask to the feet it measures 6 feet.
Attached to the throat of the golden mask, beautifully wrought
with juvenile ey(?) countenance, are three massive gold & faience
necklaces, a pendant (heart)-scarab placed between the
hands, crossed over the ~~bre~~ breast, which hold the flail and
the crook. Below this Mask, which reaches as far as the hands,
is the linen covering and outer bandages, strapped in place
by broad longitudinal and transverse flexible bands of inlaid
gold work depending from a highly decorative incrusted gold
protective figure of Nekhbet. She has full spread wings
~~cover~~ reached across the body and a human head.

From the hands downwards the Royal Mummy has been
covered by a libation, which has darkened the linen and
hidden the detail of the inlaid gold bands ~~wit~~ which bare^sic
texts ~~and an~~ edged with rows of beads. From this libation,
as well as from that poured on the exterior of the Coffin, has
emanated humidity which has been the cause of certain
deterioration.