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256.q

Caption
Black resin scarab suspended on gold (beaten) wire
Season
4th Season (1925–1926)
Room
Burial chamber
Museum numbers
Cairo JE 61977; Exhib. 295
Notes

Carter, Howard 1927. The tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, vol. 2. London: Cassell [PDF, 13.88 MB], 121, pl. xxx [item q] (in situ), xxvi [C, upper]. 

Beinlich, Horst and Mohamed Saleh 1989. Corpus der hieroglyphischen Inschriften aus dem Grab des Tutanchamun. Oxford: Griffith Institute [PDF, 24.73 MB], 88-89.

Image of two scarab pectorals negative

Images

Image of two scarab pectorals negative
TAA i.5.P0761
image of scarab pectorals from Burton's album
TAA i.6.7.27.P0761
image of king's mummy within coffin from Burton's album
TAA i.6.7.33.P1567
image of king's mummy within coffin from Burton's album
TAA i.6.7.33.P0774
image of photographic print of two scarab pectorals in object card
TAA i.1.256.q.P0761
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.q.P0774b
Image of lantern slide of two scarab necklaces
TAA i.8.P0761
Image of lantern slide of king's mummy lying in coffin
TAA i.8.P0774
Image of print of king's mummy
TAA i.7.P1567
Image of print of king's mummy
TAA i.7.P1567a
image of photographic print of two scarab pectorals in object card
TAA i.1.256.a.P0761
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.s.P0774b
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.r.P0774b
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.n.P0774b
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.m.P0774b
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.l.P0774b
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.k.P0774b
image of photographic print of king's mummy within coffin in object card
TAA i.1.256.j.P0774b

Object cards

image of object card
TAA i.1.256.q.1
image of object card
TAA i.1.256.q.2
image of drawing in object card
TAA i.1.256.q.3

Scientific notes

Scientific notes autopsy p 3
TAA i.3.18.3

Archaeological journal

image of journal page
TAA i.2.3.65

Autopsy drawing

objects found on Tutankhamun's body: thorax
TAA i.4.4

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