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Carter No.: 120

Handlist description: Decorated chariot - chariot body

Card/Transcription No.: 120-4


120

3 (2) Cont. Above <> Below this sam sign with captive figures tied on either side, Asiatic on left, African on right.

Round bottom twelve captive figures wonderfully worked in the gold, showing different nationalities or tribes. Triangular pieces at sides had first - at top - a floral design. Next <> surmounted by disk and plumes & flanked by crowned uraei. At bottom King as lion trampling on foes, with vulture with outstretched wings above. At bottom of body, inside & out, similar dado of painted cloth to that on Chariot 122.

Card no. 120-4 relating to Carter no. 120
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