Card/Transcription No.: 028-1

28   Doorway of Sepulchral Hall - Plaster on surface of
The plaster gave the following results on analysis :-

Sand and insoluble silicates                 10.8%
Hydrated sulphate of lime (gypsum)           78.2
Oxides of iron and aluminium                  5.0
Carbonate of lime etc (by difference)         6.0 (1)
Total                                       100.0
(1) Contains a little unburnt fuel.
The material is a crude natural Egyptian gypsum: it is similar in
composition to the plaster of the first doorway, the second doorway and the
doorway of the annexe.
From Kew Report (Newberry): See Memoranda. Partition Wall. Beams.
(1)  Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera L
(2)  Pine, either Pinus laricio or P. halepensis
(3)  A very hard & close-grained wood, probably of a species of 
Dalbergia from the Sudan.
(2)  Must have been imported from Syria, or the coast of Asia Minor.
See also Nos. 4, 13 and 171. A. Lucas