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Carter No.: 256lll

Handlist description: Gold cobra collar

Card/Transcription No.: 256lll 


256, LLL. Gold collar of Buto


POSITION:
Thorax: reaching down as far as left forearm, ends of wing
over shoulders and bent round neck.
Forms VIIIth group.


DIMENSIONS:


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10 33 43
14 32 45 56


DESCRIPTION:
Collar of Buto cut out of sheet gold, with details finely
chased. Attached to tips of wings by means of gold (beaten)
wire of Macnht or tag.


REMARKS:
Cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, pl. LI.
Cf. Mace and Winlock, Senebtisi, p. 64 ff.
The Mankhet lies under the back between the shoulder blades.
Card no. 256lll relating to Carter no. 256lll
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