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Carter No.: 104a

Handlist description: Very large sandal

Card/Transcription No.: 104ab


104. Two reed sandals.

1. Position On floor of chamber, near S.W. corner, between gold shrine and mouth of Annexe.

(a) Very large sandal. Max. length 31: Max. width 11; W at instep 8.7; at heel 9. Built up of a series of lateral bundles of thin reed slip, woven by thin strips of the same material. Round rim two circular courses to bind. Toe thong a bundle of reed strip 1. in diam. To which was tied at upper end a loop of papyrus leaf 3.7 wide. Thong started 6 from toe. Side thongs, start 7 from heel. Begins with a loop of read 5.3 long. Into this loop was inserted a papyrus leaf which widens to 4. at shoulder, and then narrows slightly to go under loop of toe thong.

Treatment Sprayed with a solution of celluloid in amyl acetate.

Card no. 104ab relating to Carter no. 104a
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