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Carter No.: 122m

Handlist description: Disk, gold on thin gesso on wood, from chariot 122

Card/Transcription No.: 122jm


122

(j) Pair of blinkers, similar in shape to last. 12.5 x 10. Gold on very thin gesso on wood. Decoration in the gold: no inlay. Lotus at pointed end, feather pattern on rest.

(k) Pair of blinkers similar to last 13 x 9.5

(l) Bes-head disks. 6.7 long x 6.2 wide. Max height 1.5. Gold on very thin gesso on wood. In feathers of head-dress inlay of blue, green and red glass. Two connecting tie-holes at back for fastening <> These almost certainly from Chariot 120.

(m) Disk: 7 in diam. Gold on thin gesso on wood. Decoration nearly all gone; had been floral design. Fastening at back at last.

Card no. 122jm relating to Carter no. 122m
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