Card/Transcription No.: 196-1

196 Wooden Emblem (see 198a)

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38.5
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29.8
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16
2.5
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5.7

1.Position On W side of sepulchral chamber, between outer shrine and wall.

2. Dimensions Max. length 111
Thickness 2.2

3. Description Wood covered with gesso and gold. The long vertical lines incised in the gold
are conventional representations of original wood joints? The three similar lines at the angle
represent the cord bindings which fastened the angle piece.
The angle piece is a conventional representation of a strengthening bar which held the joint in
place.

There were four of these emblems, the others being 199, 200 & 201. On M.K. coffins similar