TAA i.1.256.lll

Caption
Object card of gold cobra collar
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.lll
Material
Card
Ink
Pencil
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
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© Griffith Institute,

University of Oxford

Transcription

256, LLL. Gold Collar of Buto

 

POSITION:

Thorax: covering reaching down as far as left forearm, ends of wing over shoulders and <bent round neck>

Forms VIIIth group.

 

DIMENSIONS:

[ 𓂀 ]

10 33 43

14 32 45 56

 

DESCRIPTION:

Collar of Buto cut out of sheet gold. With details finely

chased. Attached to tips of wings by means of gold 

(beaten) wire a MʿaNḫt or tag.

 

REMARKS:

cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, Pl. LI.

Cf. Mace and Winlock, Senebtisi, p. 64 ff.

The Mankhet lies under the back between the shoulder blades.