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Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
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Carter No.: 296a

Handlist description: Figure of Menkaret supporting the King

Card/Transcription No.: 296a-2 


296, A.


MATERIALS OF WHICH COMPOSED


Wood covered with gesso-gilt, base varnished black
Eyes: crystalline limestone (eyeball) and ? obsidian (pupil)
Eyelids and eyebrows: glass.


TREATMENT: 
Cleaned with warm water and ammonia.
Waxed.


A. L.
Card no. 296a-2 relating to Carter no. 296a
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