| Description of Materials and Methods: | | The mummy consists of four main parts - the mummified human remains, painted cartonnage on the top of the mummy, seven small ushabti figures and the wooden coffin comprising of the lower coffin box and the lid. This second part of the report describes the examinations and treatments carried out on the cartonnage.
The Cartonnage is comprised of four separate units - head piece (which requires no treatments), chest, leg, and ankle plates. These pieces lie on top of the mummy and consist of a bottom layer of linen, followed by a mud/straw layer, then linen, gesso and finally the paint layers. The painting shows representations of different Gods and figures coloured red, yellow, white, blue and black. For a detailed description of the painted surface refer to appendices. (1)
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(1) (Literature Titles/Sources: Sullivan, Peter 1998) p 2-3 |
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