Card/Transcription No.: 256a-3

256 A. Gold Mask of the King. 3

uraeus inlaid with carnelian, lapis lazuli and turquoise-coloured
glass, also quartz in the place of carnelian. The body and tail
of the snake is of chased massive gold and extends over the top
of the headdress just beyond the centre.
On the chest and back extensions of the mask: in front below the
neck and over the chest an auxiliary <> "usekh" collarette of
"The Hawk", of gold inlaid with segments of lapis lazuli quartz
(backed with red pigment to imitate carnelian) and green felspar
engraved to imitate tubular beadwork, the whole having an outer
margin of cloisonné pendants inlaid with lapis lazuli glass and
quartz coloured as before to imitate carnelian; these pendants
are interspaced with turquoise-coloured glass inlay. The order of
the collarette is as follows: -
Row 1. Lapis lazuli.
Row 2. Quartz
Row 3 Lapis lazuli
Row 4 Green felspar
Row 5 Lapis lazuli
Row 6 Quartz
Row 7 Lapis lazuli
Row 8 Green felspar
Row 9 Lapis lazuli
Row 10 Quartz
Row 11 Lapis lazuli
Row 12 Pendants described above