Tomb of Shuroy - Page 8 of 8 www.egypt-on-line.co.uk

This tomb, being higher in the hill, is hewn out of harder fragmented rock and therefore the walls needed to be prepared with a reasonably thick layer of mud plaster. In this close up you can clearly see the chopped straw that was used to bind the mud plaster on top of which a very thin layer of gypsum was applied which had to be sized before painting to stop the colours from bleeding.

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