Card/Transcription No.: 122-12

122. 

3. (2) Decoration of body (cont.)
This was enclosed within an applied band of bright red gold, with decoration in yellow
granules, 1.2 in width.
Design of panel see photograph. Inlay of gold, blue and green glass, and translucent calcite
backed with paint. Eye of white glass? with black iris.

In right and left bottom corners at back snakes in bronze with gold inlay were fastened by
means of three pegs projecting from bottom of the snake's body. Below the snakes <> in
obsidian or black glass, the whole group forming the <> combination. These snakes must
have had a purpose other than ornamental, for Chariot 120 has gold bars of a somewhat similar
shape in same position. They fit, however, close to side, so difficult to see what purpose can
be.
Left snake missing. Right was found in Box 54. See notes on size etc. under 54 (b).