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Carter No.: 122f [= 160]

Handlist description: Wooden hawk, covered with gesso and gilt, from chariot 122

Card/Transcription No.: 122f-2


160 (Cont.) = 122 (f)

Disk On either side the king's name arranged so <>

Originally mounted on the pole of chariot 122

Cp. 122 & 157

Eyes of hawk obsidian: inlaid facial markings of calcite: beak of bronze.

Treatment. Cleaned with damp brush. Cleaned gold with ammonia: washed off ammonia with damp brush. Repaired with cellulose cement.

Card no. 122f-2 relating to Carter no. 122f [= 160]
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