TAA i.1.256.uu.3

Caption
Object card of swallow in carnelian, on gold bracelet
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.uu
Material
Card
Ink
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. UU. (3)

 

it comes forth screaming at sunrise and returns with even shriller

screams when the sun sinks, it may be that the ancient Egyptians 

connected it in some way with the transformation of the soul of the 

Sun god, or the souls of the departed which come forth by day and return 

at night.

 

See Chapte B. of the D. Chap. LXXXVI. "Chapter whereby one assumeth 

the form of the swallow swift." which begins "I am the swift ...."

I am the scorpion-bird, daughter of Ra".!!!!

 

it further says "If this chapter be known he will re-enter 

after coming forth by day".