TAA i.3.22.47

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small clay seals employed/<used> for securing the shrines, <the canopic boxes,>, chests and many other articles forming the burial equipment within the tomb-

chambers. In the latter case/<However> the small clay seals upon the 

burial equipment – the impressions were <generally much> far clearer and <far> better 

made/<done>. b/<B>ut even among the <them, although> numerous specimens <xxx[?]> found intact, there 

was not one single impression that was not wanting in some parti-

cup/<l>ar detail – generally in the lower portion. The clay (Nile-

mud) employed for these small seals had evidently been prepared 

with an admixture such as oil or fat; fot/<r>, I found, by experiment, 

that it was not possible to get fair impressions upon clay (Nile

mud mixed <xxx[?]> and made plastic solely with water, but by adding some/<moistening the clay>

<with> caste/<o>r oil perfect impressions were easily obtained resembling <in colour>

<& character> the ancient specimens.