TAA i.1.256.4n

Caption
Object card of two fibrous fillets bound with string
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.4n
256.4u
Material
Card
Ink
Pencil
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
Notes

Coffee stained on top.

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Transcription

256, 4N. Two Fibrous fillets bound with string - [ 𓂀 ] ʿaqal

similar to worn by beduinsic over headdress.

 

POSITION:

On crown of head immediately below conic pad (4.U.) - See photo.

 

DIMENSIONS:

L. 58 cents. Max. diam. 20 cents. Thickness 0.8 cents.

 

DESCRIPTION:

A <double> sort of [ 𓂀 ] (ʿaqal) similar to worn by beduinsic over headdress;

made of fibrous core and bound with linen stri thread; having 

loops [ 𓂀 ] at ends - (See photo).

These were placed around the top of the head r/<w>rappings immediately 

under the conic pad (4.U).

 

REMARKS:

Use unknown.

Six dark violet-glass beads over left orbit may have belonged to above.

 

<(See 547, b, and 620-(123))>