Card/Transcription No.: 256zzz

256, zzz. Serpent-head-amulet ((?)Mnkbt.)


POSITION:
Neck: left of throat; nearly reaching clavicle; suspended by gold
(beaten) wire.
Second amulet R. side of group 4a, zzz, yyy, xxx, and 4b.

DIMENSIONS:
L. 4.5 cents. L. of wire suspension 60 cents. (diam. of ring 18
cents.)

DESCRIPTION:
Serpent-head-amulet of red chalcedony with collar and eyelet of
gold for suspension. Eyes inlaid with gold and quartz (carnelian
coloured) (see drawing with 256 4a)

REMARKS:
cf. Lacau, Sarcophages, pl. XXXIV, 82, coffin 28087 (69).
Coloured red; inscribed: <> 'Mnkbt at his neck'.