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Carter No.: 256b(2)

Handlist description: Gold pectoral ba-bird

Card/Transcription No.: 256b-16


Ba-(bird) - 256, B.  (2)

Inlays: - Headdress: Lapis lazuli coloured glass Diadem: Carnelian " " Eye and eyebrows: lapis lazuli coloured glass Collarette: lapis lazuli, and turquoise coloured glass Body: Lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian coloured glass Rectrices of tail: lapis lazuli coloured glass tipped with carnelian coloured glass. Lesser coverts of wings: lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian coloured glass. Coverts of wings: first nine feathers of lapis lazuli coloured glass Primaries (nine): lapis lazuli glass Secondaries (twenty three): lapis lazuli coloured glass tipped with carnelian coloured glass.

Shen-symbols: Centre carnelian (quartz), circlet of turquoise coloured glass.

Dimensions: - L. tip to tip of primaries: 33 cents. H. top of head to end of rectrices: 12.5 cents.

Field of wing filled in with carnelian coloured glass.

Card no. 256b-16 relating to Carter no. 256b(2)
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