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Jon Ellison Wrote:
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> Hi Dune.
> You're Quite right, obviously the cartouche was
> painted after the application of the plaster wash
> and even more obviously the plaster wash was
> applied post block installation.
> I tend toward the white wash being ancient and
> applied soon after block installation. At or
> around the same time as the adjacent block filler.
> Same as the filler material, just less viscous,
> watered down.
> Both the wash and block filler material appear to
> show a gloss finish with specular highlights under
> direct flash illumination.
> Tura limestone is Matt white.
>
> It's also interesting that only the cartouche
> block is almost totally wash covered in its
> entirety. (There's an unpainted section at the
> bottom left). The blocks either side only being
> partially white washed.
>
>
Yea its all a bit odd.
Thought i would post what petrie said about the Plaster being used in these relieving chambers.
DPP
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> Hi Dune.
> You're Quite right, obviously the cartouche was
> painted after the application of the plaster wash
> and even more obviously the plaster wash was
> applied post block installation.
> I tend toward the white wash being ancient and
> applied soon after block installation. At or
> around the same time as the adjacent block filler.
> Same as the filler material, just less viscous,
> watered down.
> Both the wash and block filler material appear to
> show a gloss finish with specular highlights under
> direct flash illumination.
> Tura limestone is Matt white.
>
> It's also interesting that only the cartouche
> block is almost totally wash covered in its
> entirety. (There's an unpainted section at the
> bottom left). The blocks either side only being
> partially white washed.
>
>

Yea its all a bit odd.
Thought i would post what petrie said about the Plaster being used in these relieving chambers.

DPP
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