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Carter No.: 256e

Handlist description: Gold vulture collar

Card/Transcription No.: 256e 


256, E. Gold collar of Nekhbet


POSITION:
Thorax: Upper right side, partly covering pectoral muscle;left
wing over right shoulder. First collar of group I (i.e.,
E, F, G, H).


DIMENSIONS:


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29.5 13 10


DESCRIPTION:
A gold collar of Nekhbet, cut out of sheet gold, with details
finely chased.
Talons hold shen-symbols.
Attached to tip of wings by  means of gold (beaten wire) a
Mcanht <>.


REMARKS:
cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, pl. LII, 442 and 443. <>
 "  "  pl. LI, 436, coffin 28037 (67) <> wsh of Nekhbet.
Card no. 256e relating to Carter no. 256e
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