The Griffith Institute
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
The Howard Carter Archives
Photographs by Harry Burton
Introduction
Previous card Object page Main list Next card
Carter No.: 320a

Handlist description: Second coffin

Card/Transcription No.: 320-2


320 Coffins

Outer coffin Treatment Cleaned painted necklace with benzine Cleaned gilt with ammonia and water Cleaned black varnish with water Treated repeatedly with solution of celluloid dissolved in acetone - this to fix the black

Inner coffin Cleaned with ammonia & water Treated with celluloid in amyl acetate

Card no. 320-2 relating to Carter no. 320a
© Copyright Griffith Institute, 2000-2004
None of this material may be reproduced in any form without permission from
Griffith Institute, Oxford, OX1 2LG
Contact us
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
Concept & Direction: Jaromir Malek
Web Page & Database Designs: Jonathan Moffett
Scanning & transcript: Sue Hutchison, Elizabeth Miles, Diana Magee, Kent Rawlinson