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Carter No.: 074

Handlist description: Uraeus of wood, gilt and inlaid

Card/Transcription No.: 074


74. Uraeus of wood, gilt & inlaid.

1. Position On cow couch beside no. 75.

2. Dimensions 11 high. Max width 3.4

3. Description Made of wood, covered with gesso & overlaid with gold. Disk above head plain gold. Head a solid piece of faience Breast large pieces of inlay of green glass, fibrous calcite & ? (2 missing). Eyes of uraeus had been inlaid. At bottom a round peg to fasten it to a piece of furniture. Put with floor material.

Treatment. Washed with water

Card no. 074 relating to Carter no. 074
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