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Carter No.: 403c

Handlist description: Head-rest

Card/Transcription No.: 403c-2


(403, C. continued)

shoulder blades, smellers, and tuft on end of tail, are engraved and filled in with black pigment.

The head-rest is made of two pieces of ivory, joined at the centre of the torso of the figure Shu, where they are dowelled with a rectangular piece of wood and pinned with gold nails.

The central pillar (formed by the figure of Shu) shows on the spreading base the usual facets as if it were an octagonal column.

Card no. 403c-2 relating to Carter no. 403c
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