TAA i.1.256.zzz
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256, zzz. Serpent-head-Amulet ((?) Mnḳbt.)
POSITION:
Neck: left of throat; nearly reaching clavicle; suspended by gold (beaten) wire.
Second amulet R. side of group 4a, zzz, yyy, xxx, and 4b.
DIMENSIONS:
L. 4.5 cents. L. of wire suspension 60 cents. (diam. of ring [ 𓂀 ] 18 cents.)
DESCRIPTION:
Serpent-head-amulet of red chalcedony with collar and eyelet of gold for suspension.
Eyes inlaid with gold and quartzesic (carnelian coloured) (see drawing with 256 4a)
REMARKS:
cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, pl. XXXIV, 82, coffin 28087 (69). Coloured red; inscribed:
[ 𓂀 ] 'Mnḳbt at his neck'.