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Handlist description: Statuette of glazed stone

Card/Transcription No.: 054vv


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Statuette of glazed stone H. 2.5. Base, back to front 1.3, side to side .9. Figure of king (Akhnaton?) Squatting, R. hand to chin, left on knee. Suspension ring behind head. Head had apparently been broken anciently & mended. Glaze almost entirely decomposed: slight blue tinge.

Treatment. Surface much corroded. Treated with very dilute hydrochloric acid and well soaked and washed with water.

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