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Carter No.: 256dd

Handlist description: Dagger in gold and cloisonné work

Card/Transcription No.: 256dd-2 


256, dd. 2


Sheath
of gold ornamented <> on the front with cloisonné-work, and on
the back an embossed scene of animals.


Front:
Top edge: frieze of palmette ornament
Remainder of surface; feather pattern; terminating at the point
with a jackal's head in embossed gold, thus: -
<>
the outer margin being of plain gold.


Back:
Top: a frieze of text reading: <> and below on either side
of it a scroll pattern: <>
which are suspension loops of the following: <> <> design
Card no. 256dd-2 relating to Carter no. 256dd
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