TAA i.3.6.16

Casket 21 (contd.)                                                                       2

and have a granulated appearance. On the skirts the yellow is raised quite

thickly above the green leaf-like pattern (note on necklaces on p. 2). Is

it possible that gold dust was mixed with the r/<p>aint to give richness – on the

ivory casket bracelets and other parts are overlaid with gold leaf and it may 

be gold was also used on the wooden box. No such treatment or texture of 

yellow paint is known to me in the tombs.

Hunting wild asses, ostriches etc.

          Actual size = 6 ¼ x 19 ½ to edge of chequer border. Burton’s 

photo from which the painting is drawn = 6” x 19” – There is a slight distortion 

top and bottoj/<m> and on both sides since the cover is vaulted and this rather

affects the legs of the animals at the base. The top has been corrected as

there was space.

          The lid has both ends above the king as a sphinx decorated similarly.

The knob corresponding to the one below is also missing here.