TAA i.1.256.ttt.2
Paper folded in half.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
256, TTT. Diagram showing scale ([ 𓂀 ] centimetres), design, order of colours
& method of stringing the beadwork collar.
The greater portion of this collar has been left in situ (under wax) upon the
mummy.
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repeat
two rows of three gold beads
two rows of three red haematite beads
two rows of three yellow glass beads
two rows of five turquoise glass beads.
turquoise glass beads
seven in number
gold pendant drops
nine to ten turquoise glass beads
and a similar number
of blue chevrons
turquoise glass beads
at the present state of preservation there are at least four
of these gold bead chevrons
repeat allowing for curve
gold beads
twenty-eight gold beads
red haematite
beads
gold beads
gold sequin sewn to the bead work
gold beads
red haematite beads.
repeat (allowing for curved edge).
Border
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gold hawk flexible clasps
shape of collar
It covered the whole of the
chest of the King, extending
down as far as the bottom
of the breasts.
