TAA i.1.256.2

256 2

B

The hands, which were separate from the mask, were sewn to the

outer wrapping, the thread however being decayed: the hands held 

the Osiris insignia - the crook and flail - both which have 

suffered considerably from the humidity, some parts being much 

disintegrated.

Depending from the hands and from a central winged figure 

of Nekhbet were four broad transverse and three <broad> longitudinal 

bands of flexible inlaid gold trappings, of the latter one being was 

central and one at each side. These bands were sewn to the 

wrappings and were entirely covered by the black pitch-like 

material of the "libation".

The outer linen wrappings of the mummy are blackened from the 

shoulders to the ankles <were covered by the "libation" and> are blackened and carbonized: the linen 

covering the feet, although not blackened, is also in a very fragile 

and powdery condition.

Both the mask and the mummy itself are stuck to the gold 

shell of the coffin (third innermost, No 255) by means of the