256, 4.O. DIADEM - (see 256, R.5.) 1
POSITION:
Upon head; insignia on thighs (Nos. R and S).
DIMENSIONS:
Fillet: long axis 19.9 cents.; transverse axis 17.5 cents.;
(interior measurement). W. of fillet 2.15 cents.
Back appendages
(1) L. 31.5 cents.; Max. W. 1.5 cents.
(2) L. 27.6 "; " " " "
Side appendages L. 14.5 cents.; Max. W. 2.2 cents.
DESCRIPTION:
A gold fillet encircling the head, probably intended to be
over a wig.
Decorated: contiguous circles (carnelian with gold boss
centres) having a top and bottom border of geometric pattern,
inlaid with turquoise blue and lapis blue glass - see note
attached.
At the back of the fillet a symbolical bow in the form of a
solar-disc (chalcedony) between two papyrus flowers
(malachite).
Attached to the lower part of disc two ribbon-like appendages,
having similar decoration as fillet. They are broader at the
bottom ends than