TAA i.1.256.ss.1

Caption
Object card of scarab bracelet
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.x
256.oo
256.pp
256.qq
256.rr
256.ss
256.ss.bis
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, SS. Scarab Bracelet (1)

 

POSITION:

Right fore arm; sixth from elbow (of group: X, OO, PP, QQ, RR, SS and SS bis)

 

DIMENSIONS:

L. 15.5 cents. (See remarks).

Scarab: L. 3.5; W. 2.9; H. 2.1 cents.

 

DESCRIPTION:

A <very> finely carved scarab of a pale green hard stone, (?) of the nature of 

quartzesic; threaded upon a band of five rows of lapis lazuli and 

gold beads - (No fastening ends of threads simply tied./<)>.

 

The scarab has its legs free from the base; base, encircled with gold 

funda, is made up of several piecesic of the above stone, and is finely 

carved with following device: [ 𓂀 ] in incised relief.

 

The beads, lapis lazuli and granulated gold, are kept in place by