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Plaster material for
replacing lost parts
of [[guess]]elriua etc (-formula)
Thin Lepage's glue with
water. Mix plaster of
Paris with it till it
creams + is a nice 
pliable putty. (Buy
P. or P. at dental
supply house) Keep
this in a closed jar
as long as you can,
stays pliable pretty well-
+ can be formed into any shape


Plaster in Pyramids 
4600 years old - hard,
durable yet. Similar,
tools as today were used, 
calciured gypsum
just like our Plaster
of Paris - hair - used
on reeds similar
to our lath. The 
whole finished under
an inch thick.
The temple of Apollo
at Bassae built of
yellow sandstone
about 470 B.C. is
plastered with fine
white lime stucco.
Vitruvius - an architect in

Transcription Notes:
The third [[?]] is probably "whol" The fifth [[?]] is "lime" Not sure what the [[guess]] word could be, so I just read it to the best of my ability.