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Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
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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
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