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Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
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Carter No.: 578

Handlist description: Boat and pedestal (calcite)

Card/Transcription No.: 578-4 


578.
PAVILION


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SCALE 0 1 2 3 4 5 CENTIMETRES
here cracked                 
Top luted to entablature with wax and whiting
entablature carved out one piece 
coloured blue - (now dark green from ? wax [...])
Shrine-shaped roof
MAX WIDTH 12.2 centimetres


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wood peg
blue black hard stone
collar of thin sheet gold
red
green (dark)
collar of gold
dark blue
dark blue (nearly black)
wooden peg


Floral columns supporting roof


Ornamentation engraved and filled in with pigments
Card no. 578-4 relating to Carter no. 578
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