The Griffith Institute
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
The Howard Carter Archives
Photographs by Harry Burton
Introduction
Previous card Object page Main list Next card
Carter No.: 046r

Handlist description: Conical object of ebony and ivory

Card/Transcription No.: 046r


46 (r) Conical object of ebony and ivory 23

<> 0 3.5 5.1 6.9 8.6 12 Ebony Ivory Ebony Ivory Ebony

Circumference 14.3 Made of two caps and a centre ring of ebony, and two rings of ivory. The two ebony caps probably fasten to extensions from centre ring. Ivory rings project very slightly above ebony. Two tiny round pegs in each ebony cap, diam. .4, Position of these pegs has apparently no point.

May contain something: impossible to tell without removing pegs.

Card no. 046r relating to Carter no. 046r
© Copyright Griffith Institute, 2000-2004
None of this material may be reproduced in any form without permission from
Griffith Institute, Oxford, OX1 2LG
Contact us
Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
Concept & Direction: Jaromir Malek
Web Page & Database Designs: Jonathan Moffett
Scanning & transcript: Sue Hutchison, Elizabeth Miles, Diana Magee, Kent Rawlinson