Page 3 620 (Under 507) 1/29 Natural orpiment in small lumps & in powder Contaminated with dust & dirt from floor: this sifted + picked out as far as possible. Has been enclosed in linen of which pieces remain. 456B 2/29 Small lumps of Galena : has been enclosed in linen, of which pieces remain. 620 3/29 Red Ochre. Small lumps of good red ... colour. From rounded edges of pieces & from fineness of material it has probably been separated from coarser material by levigation and pressed together while wet. 620 5/29 Coarse Blue Powder. Is artificial frit: has been enclosed in linen of which pieces remain. 620 4/29 Cake Greenish-Blue Pigment in Shell (Shell as described) Surface & corners rounded: has probably been used Cannot be examined chemically without disfigurement. Probably frit. 620 6/29 An irregular lump and a cone-shaped piece (artificially-shaped) of fine grained white amorphous material that effervesces with HCl + readily dissolved. Free from sulphate (Repeat: confirmed) Is amorphous calcium carbonate (chalk) (carbonate of lime) (Continued)

Page 3 verso Cleaned gold with ammonia & faience with damp sponge. Repaired ornamentation with Necol. The thinner portions appear to be the original edges & the thicker portions the centre where it has been broken. One piece has what are possibly two original edges practically at right angles to one another. (?)

Page 4 620 7/29 Trace of white amorphous material adhering to inside of a shell (bivalve) This is amorphous carbonate of lime (chalk) 620 8/29 Granular black powder in shell (bivalve) This is chiefly insect excreta and decayed leather and it is impossible to say of what the original material consisted, but probably some form of carbon 620 9/29 Red Pigment in Shell (Bivalve) A cake of dark red material in two pieces, partly covered by adherent black material, which is decayed leather. This was removed. The outer edges & upper surface of the cake rounded & the material had been used. The pigment is red ochre. 620 (39-42) Bracelets 4 Blue glazed faience with gold-on-gesso ornamentation - all being decorated at the edges and 3 having cartouches. 620 (88) 10/29 Dark grey Material In many fragments: thin 1-6 mms: slightly curved: crystalline and fibrous-looking on fracture: looks like a secondary & not a primary material & resembles somewhat iron or manganese slag (more like latter). The Chemical Dept, Cairo report that it contains tin - they obtained a tiny bead of tin by reduction. Sent to Mines Dept 5/12/28 for opinion

Page 4 verso Cleaned wood with damp sponge Cleaned gilt with ammonia Cleaned reeds & colours with water Refixed in reeds & colours with Necol Cleaned slate with water Cleaned gilt with ammonia Cleaned colours with water Refixed end with Necol Cleaned wood with damp sponge & gilt with ammonia Cleaned colour with water Refixed colour & loose gilt with Necol Cleaned slate with water: also colours Cleaned gilt with ammonia Refixed loose end & calcite with Necol Cleaned wood with damp sponge Cleaned gilt with ammonia Cleaned colours with water

Page 5 620 Palettes (a) Brown & black wood: gesso-gilt decoration Reeds: thin dark blue glass slips (flat) 2 & 1 broken Colours: dark blue: light blue: black - all three glass: white (slightly brown on surface, but whiter underneath) flint (b) Slate: ends wood, gesso-gilt, one missing Reeds: None Colours: Black: natural, soft stone probably black serpentine or steatite Red: glass (c) Wood - gesso-gilt. (Gold plum colour) Much fungus on under side Reeds: None Colours: Yellowish: calcite One missing (d) Slate ends wood, gesso-gilt, one loose Reeds: None Colours: Black: serpentine or steatite Red: Yellowish translucent calcite with red cement underneath (e) Very dark-red wood, almost black, with separate ends, gesso-gilt, pegged on; one loose Gesso has been bored by insects in places Reeds None

Page 5 verso Refixed loose gold & colours with Necol Cleaned with ammonia & replaced loose parts with Necol Cleaned with water & gold of (e) & (f) with ammonia Removed dust with soft brush Treated with 3 coats celluloid in amyl acetate. (H.C. afterwards waxed)

Page 6 620 Palettes (e) (Contd) Colours: Black: glass Red: Yellowish translucent calcite with red cement underneath (f) Wooden end of Palette (large) Gesso-gilt (gilt plum colour) In bad condition. 620 Miscellaneous (a) Hair-ring. Yellow glass (b) Broken knob. Blue-glazed faience (c) Ear Stud (2 pts). Very dark red resin (black by reflected light) ornamented with crystalline limestone & translucent calcite with red cement underneath. Tubular fasteners of gold (d) Half of almost identical stud-fastener missing (e) Dome-shaped black object. Is black imitation colour from palette & consists of serpentine or steatite No eff. with HCl (f) Black cone (small) Gold mounted & red cement underneath. Material is serpentine or calcite 412 11/29 Wooden stool (3 legs) white painted Paint is calcium carbonate (Contd)

Page 6 verso Where minimum used & that too hot (not to sink in) the white remains unchanged Excess wax cannot be removed by heat but by hot knives Removed dust & fungus with soft brush Cleaned gold with ammonia Treated with three coats of celluloid in amyl acetate. (HC waxed) Repaired with Necol (Several pieces of ornamentation broken off & found on floor Removed dust & fungus with soft brush Treated with 3 coats of celluloid (H.C. waxed) Cleaned wood with sponge & water Cleaned gold with ammonia Removed adherent paraffin wax with Xylol Cleaned warm water

Page 7 467 Stool. Wooden 12/29 White painted. White in calcium carbonate Ornamentation between legs (Union of U +L Egypt) is covered with thin sheet gold Legs are raised on metal pieces (2 metals a black one for rims a brass-coloured one ? both bronze.) Much fungus on white. Claws = gold 394 Miniature gold vase Cleaned with ammonia 349 13/29 Chair - wooden: painted white Legs raised on metal pieces (? bronze) white = CaCO3: no SO3. Much fungus in places 580 Stand for Gaming Board Wooden with gold decoration: claws ivory 620 Palette Slate: in two pieces Ends missing (probably wood covered with gesso-gilt) Reeds None Colours None Inlay Very white (for eyeballs) = glass Slightly yellowish white (for inlay) = crystalline limestone Yellow = translucent calcite Black = natural soft stone ? serpentine or steatite Blue (Dark + Light) Green Glass

Page 8 620 Rolls of Material (5) 14/29 Black flattened: have been tied in a bundle Woven fabric (linen) & very disintegrated Covered on outside with thick coating of salt crystals Much Cl No SO3 No alkalinity to phenolphthalein. 541 Contents (Wine Jar with inscription in hieratic) 15/29 Brown (light to dark): largely a mass of small crystals. Mostly light brown but dark brown in places and almost white in others With HCl some effervescence, on boiling partly soluble, Solution dark brown In water solution much chloride & sulphate On ignition, blackness at first & then gradually becomes lighter-coloured Flame Test With HCl - K flame, very definite Alkalinity. Water soln. alkaline to litmus Obtained good positive tests for K, Cl, SO3, CO2 and tartrate (silver mirror): Negative tests for resin & Ca (For Ca only tried flame test as no Am. Oxalate available) Could not find yeast cells under microscope Almost certainly impure aryol, hence wine residue Retested for Ca in Cairo - slight amount present - very definite

Page 8 verso 387 A large missing piece found later: cleaned & pieces of the silver coating that had fallen off re-stuck with Necol Re-tested. Is Ag now largely AgCl + Ag2S Very thin.

Page 9 398 & 387 Writing Boards 398. Wood covered with plaster (? gesso) and thin gold. Waxed by H.C 387. Wood covered with plaster (? gesso) and a very thin coating of very dark-grey (almost black) material, which has been silver and is now partly chloride (blackened by exposure as usual) and partly sulphide, which latter is largely in the form of minute glistening crystals on the surface. (Waxed by H.C.) No Number Toys Dark red wood, partly bare - a bird has remains of colour. To clean the wood used a damp sponge & for the bird benzine No Number Small ivory figure - arms separate Cleaned with benzine. One arm split in two (This No Number Head Rest Wood covered with gesso-gilt - very much discoloured (purplish) Cleaned with soft brush & ammonia and afterwards with warm water. The purplish colour could not be removed.

Page 10 585AA Fire Stock Dark reddish fairly soft wood. Thin coating of black material in all the holes, probably not due to burning. Scraped a little of the black material off and extracted with acetone & filtered Solution slightly yellowish and brown-yellow solid left on evaporation: aromatic smell. Re-dissolved in alcohol, filtered & evaporated to dryness Slight yellow resin-like solid left (slight aromatic smell on warming). Almost certainly resin. The bare wood scraped & treated in the same manner gave no such residue. Includes 596a Fan 596, 599 Arrows, Sticks Fan Handles Bows Waxed by H.C. Too fragile to allow of cleaning: any dust and dirt present did not show after waxing and the colours (especially of the bark inlay of the sticks & bows) were bright and good Supported on stretched copper wires for waxing Any slight excess wax removed by a hot knife 596a Fan Handle. Covered with sheet gold. Cleaned with ammonia & warm water. Knob, copper or more probably bronze inlaid with gold. Cleaned with ammonia, after removing disintegrated leather that had dropped on. Cu2O oxide on the bronze, which was not removed by the ammonia.

Page 11 466 Bed Framework (wood) covered with fairly thick sheet gold Cleaned with ammonia & warm water HC. waxed webbing. 377 Bed Framework (wood) covered with gesso & thin gold foil. Wood, black ? ebony Dusted & waxed directly (HC) without cleaning. Removed excess wax by blasting 379 Shields Wood: openwork: in many pieces On back what looks like woven fabric in places In other places small pieces of hide or leather (thin) Waxed by HC. Backed with linen 545 Shield Partly covered with animal skin (fawn colour) with hair still partly on H.C. treated with die. Celluloid soln (in 50% Amyl Acetate & 50% Acetone). Skin came out very good colour. Treated with hot wax: darkened slightly. 600 Fan H.C. waxed: Ebony handle: Bark decoration: Red colour on parts of decoration - ? gold bark. (Did not critically examine before it was waxed) Feathers A small bunch of the fine tops of ostrich feathers. H.C. waxed on glass. Very fair result but no "fluffiness" left

Page 12 Stick 596 (d) 16/29 Wood covered with a series of cylinders of thin gold, having a reddish coloured surface A pattern with stars in yellow gold near the upper end had the same reddish-coloured background The dark red colour consists of an applied layer: when heated, it first intumesces & then blackens & finally leaves a pinkish residue, which is soluble in HCl giving a colourless solution which does not give the tests for Fe. During the heating a very definite smell of burning nitrogenous matter (animal matter) such as that of glue, is given off. The coloured layer floats off with hot water & is partly dissolved, producing a yellowish solution, which on boiling froths (suggestive of glue) and gives a smell of burning nitrogenous matter (e.g. glue) Conclusion. The red is an applied coating which consists of glue, coloured artificially. The quantity of material available in too small to allow the nature of the dye to be determined, but a pink- coloured material is left on the gold when the glue is burned off Colour is insoluble in alcohol & acetone & xylol & hence is not resin Residue from water solution not sticky while wet.

Page 12 verso 615 Continued In several instances in place of calcite for the inlay there was a composition of much the same colour. This did not contain CaCO3 & looked like ochre, either alone or mixed with gypsum Film of white definitely over the black ink in several places & possibly in all. (H.C. thinks film under black) G.A.W. grees that film over ink. Strange to say however when film removed the black seems to come off too. (See Lid 537 + panel 386) Also Box 494 Cleaned with benzine after scraping + brushing Repaired with Necol. Waxed by H.C Inscription quite disappeared in spite of celluloid (Query - whether sufficient celluloid.) 615 Lid of 547 17/29 Patches of thin white film similar to those on 592 somewhat translucent; more coherent & not so powdery as 592 & comes off in small flakes. Gives good tests for calcium & for sulphate. Under microscope does not appear crystalline: nothing distinctive Insoluble in alcohol, acetone and water Ignition. Will not burn & apparently unchanged therefore not organic (i.e. not resin or gum) HCl. Largely soluble (Inscription in hieratic (black ink) H.C. treated with celluloid) (Continued above)

Page 13 Shawabti 601 Wood (dark red) (a) Headdress: gesso: painted white (Holes made by insects Blistered in places) (b) Flail: Cu or bronze gilt (c) Crook: Cu or bronze (d) Collar: gesso-gilt (e) Bracelet: gesso-gilt. (a) Waxed by H.C (b) (c) (d) & (e). Cleaned with NH3 & warm water (e) came very clean & looked more like bronze than copper A reddish paint had accumulated round the eyes - cleaned this off with warm water. 592 Footstool 17/29 Small: low. Wooden Top & sides covered in part with very thin irregular powdery, white coating which contained a fairly large proportion of SO3, a little CO2 & no Cl. Evidently therefore not entirely limestone dust, such as might have accumulated in the tomb. Not the appearance nor thickness of usual paint. Film seems to be adventitious Waxed by H.C. (See 547 next page) 350 Shield Wood covered with gesso-gilt. Much broken Repaired by H.C.

Page 14 547 Box (Lid is 615 previous page) 17/29 Wood Frame - ebony Panels - red wood Decorated with strips of ebony & red wood and glass & calcite inlay Cleaned with damp sponge Repaired with Necol Small irregular patches of white on surface (definite & good test for SO3). See 592 stool previous page Waxed by HC. & further repairs made with wax. Head Rest 547 (In box 547) Wood covered with gesso-gilt - poor Cleaned with water & ammonia (Waxed by H.C.) Vase 475 (344 Similar Vase) Alabaster with glass & stone inlay Treated by HC. Cleaned with soap & water & brush Warmed. Waxed. Cleaned off excess wax wax with knife & finally treated with cloth moistened with xylol. 574 Lid Thin white coating (very slight) (Inscription in hieratic. H.C. treated with celluloid) Two more coats of celluloid given by A.L. after cleaning Waxed by H.C. Inscription Still fairly legible. (See 615 previous page)

Page 15 587 Box lid 18/29 Ebony framework Panels different wood & coated with thin layer of light brown paint which was badly flaking off. This paint was found to be a mixture of oxide of iron & calcium sulphate (Ca: SO3) Cleaned panels by gentle blowing & brushing Cleaned framework with damp sponge Treated with two coats of celluloid in amyl acetate. (Repaired with Necol. H.C.) Waxed by H.C. (Query. whether ebony of framework warped slightly by water used Probably warped before.) 458 Shwabti Wood covered with gesso-gilt except face & hands which had been painted flesh colour (missing on chin) Brushed gently. (Gesso much holed by insects) Gilt re-stuck in place with celluloid + Necol Flail. Cu or bronxe gilt. Cleaned with ammonia (Mostly green a little sulphide) Insignia on forehead. Cleaned with ammonia (Partly sulphide) Waxed (except face + hands) by H.C. 414 Footstool 17/29 Low: wooden (red wood) Much white film in patches Cleaned by brushing only. Waxed by H.C Film gives calcium flame & probably SO3 (Acid used marked pure but found to contain Sulphate: not used for other films, but in those cases an acid that gave negative tests for SO3. SO3 however almost certainly more than with acid alone)

Page 16 442E Footstool 17/29 Low: red wood with ebony & ivory Cleaned by brushing only Largely covered by white film Film gave tests for Ca + SO3 (very small): some Cu2 (Waxed by HC.) Film probably largely limestone dust. Papyrus Seat of a chair. Painted with figures of captives Writing Boards (Horus) Two: small: wood covered with a fairly thick layer (on both sides) of some kind of white plaster: much eaten by insects Cleaned with benzine: coated with celluloid (4 coats) Waxed by H.C. Little or no discoloration of white. 487 Box Tall, narrow, on sledge. Wood painted white Cleaned with benzine: treated with celluloid (2 coats). Eaten by insects in places. Waxed by H.C Much darkened by wax 388 Box 17/29 Ebony framework Red coniferous wood panels Ebony + gilt ornamentation Brushed off white film (much) & cleaned with benzine. Film gave fair test for CO2 & no immediate test for SO3 + none on standing over night Film = limestone dust

Page 16 verso 468 Continued 19/29 Green colour Very definite green: no bluish tint Insoluble in xylol, Benzine, Alcohol + acetone very slight green colour imparted to boiling water, which becomes bluish-green with NH3 NH3 Becomes bluish-green HCl Yellow colour extracted (test for Fe negative) Residue vivid blue. This is gritty & under microscope is unmistakeably frit - some blue crystals & many light green.

Page 17 537 Lid of Box Wood. Ebony framework + red (coniferous) wood panels. Much white film Cleaned by dry brushing & afterwards with benzine Inscription down centre of lid - incised filled with yellowish paint. Panel of 537 No 386 Much white film & black ink hieratic inscription Film definitely over inscription in places at limit & probably everywhere. Treated inscription with celluloid solution. Cleaned by brushing & benzine. (See 615 Lid & Box 494) Waxed by HC. Ink inscription disappeared. 620-113 Shawabti Wood: dark-red: gilt collars + bracelets Possible traces of paint on face & hands Much stopping filling up defects in wood Cleaned by brushing & benzine. Cleaned gilt with NH3 Treated with celluloid solution. Repaired with Necol Darkened. Waxed by H.C. Darkened slightly further 494 Box Treated by H.C. (waxed) One panel coated with thin film of white Has inscription in black. Film over inscription in places & probably everywhere. This panel not waxed. 468 Sticks 8 Ebony Gesso-gilt ends & 1 with faience in addition 4 Red wood. Gesso-gilt ends 1 - do - - do - Also silver 2 Covered with gesso coloured green. (See opposite) Waxed by H.C.

Page 18 Arrows 430 Reed. Blunt ends. (30) 1 with some part of feathers Waxed by HC. 607 Sticks 4 Red wood - short, curved (3 bark-covered ends) 1 "Truncheon" (red wood) 1 Funerary "throw stick" gesso-gilt Waxed by HC. 582 Stick A = dark wood B = wood, coloured green Top end & ferrule decorated with sheet silver having gold filigree work over it Ferrule has figures of captives in gold Cleaned metal with NH3. The Ag. came fairly bright (thin film of AgCl only) On top of knob inlay of blue glass + carnelian Waxed by H.C.

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