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Carter No.: 290a

Handlist description: Figure of the god Atum

Card/Transcription No.: 290a-2 


290, A.


MATERIALS OF WHICH COMPOSED


Wood covered with gesso-gilt: base varnished black.
Eyes: crystalline limestone (eyeball) and obsidian (?) (pupil)
Eyelids Copper or bronze
Eyebrows: Glass (black)


TREATMENT: Cleaned with warm water and ammonia.


A. L.
Card no. 290a-2 relating to Carter no. 290a
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