TAA i.1.256.hh.2

Caption
Object card of amuletic bracelet with inscribed barrel-shaped red chalcedony (poor quality carnelian) bead
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.hh.(1)
256.hh.(2)
256.hh.(3)
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, HH (continued). (2)

 

(3) A/<An inscribed> barrel-shaped red chalcedony <(or poor quality carneleansic)> bead, Mounted upon gold bracelet. 

Thus:

[ 𓂀 ]

gold

red chalcedony

gold

gold

 

[ 𓂀 ] 

<? only bottom line>

Engraved on the chalcedony.

 

Ca

REMARKS: 

Cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, Pl. LII. <444> coffin 28089 (6), coffin 4

REMARKS:

Cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, Pl. LII, 444 coffin 28089 (6); 447. Coffin 28083 (93); 448, 28083 (94); 

449. 28087 (67). Where red beads of this kind are named: [ 𓂀 ], [ 𓂀 ], [ 𓂀 ], 

and [ 𓂀 ] 

<See Davies Gardiner, Amenemhet, p. 50, pl. XII.>