TAA i.1.256.6

Caption
Object card of king's mummy
Creator
Alfred Lucas
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256
Material
Card
Ink
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
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University of Oxford

Transcription

256 Mummy

 

Whitish spots near top of Shoulders. These were common salt containing 

a small proportion of sodium sulphate.

 

Plugs filling the Nostrils. Woven fabric impregnated with Resin.

 

Material from over Eyes. Woven fabric impregnated with Resin.

 

b Small See The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen. Vol. II, Appendix I p. 152.

 

(A small amount of crystalline material from inside the gold

coffin at the head end consisted of common salt.)