TAA i.1.256.4o.1.recto

Caption
Object card of diadem
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.r
256.s
256.4o
Material
Card
Ink
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
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Transcription

256, 4.O., DIADEM - (See 256, R. S.) (1)

 

POSITION:

Upon head; insignia on thighs (Nos R and S).

 

DIMENSIONS:

Fillet: long axis 19.9 cents.; tranversesic axis 17.5 cents.; (interior measurement). 

W. of fillet 2.15 cents.

Back appendages 

(1) L. 31.5 cents; Max. W. 1.5 cents.

(2) L. 27.6 " ; "  "  "  "

Side appendages L. 14.5 cents.; Max. W. 2.2 cents.

 

DESCRIPTION:

A gold fillet encircling the top of the head, probably intended to be

over a wig.

Decoration: contiguous circles (carneleansic and/<wit>h gold boss centres) having 

a top and bottom border of geometric pattern, inlaid with turquoise 

blue and lapis blue glass - see note attached.

At the back of the fillet a symbolical bow in the form of a solar-disc 

(calcedony) between two papyrus flowers (malchitesic {malachite}).

Attached to the lower part of disc two ribbon-like-appendages, having 

similar decoration as fillet. They are broader at the bottom ends than