TAA i.1.256.zzz

Caption
Object card of serpent-headed amulet
Creator
Howard Carter
Room
Burial chamber
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
256.xxx
256.yyy
256.zzz
256.4a
256.4b
Material
Card
Ink
Measurements
12.5 cm x 20.7 cm (h x w)
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
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University of Oxford

Transcription

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'.