TAA i.1.256.e

Caption
Object card of gold vulture collar
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.e
256.f
256.g
256.h
Material
Card
Ink
Pencil
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
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Transcription

256, E. Gold collar of Nekhbet

 

POSITION:

Thorax: Upper right side, partly covering pectoral muscle; left wing over right shoulder. 

First collar of group I (i.e., E, F, G, H).

 

DIMENSIONS:

[ 𓂀 ]

10

29.5

13

 

DESCRIPTION:

A gold collar of Nekhbet, cut out of f[?] sheet gold, with details finely chased.

Talons hold shen-symbols.

Attached to tip of wings on/<by> [ 𓂀 ] means of gold (beaten wire) a Mʿak Mʿankḫt/<Mʿanḫt> [ 𓂀 ]

 

REMARKS:

cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, pl. LII, 442 and 443. [ 𓂀 ]

 "  " pl. LI, 436, coffin 28037 (67) [ 𓂀 ] wsḫ of Nekhbet.