Card/Transcription No.: 379ab

379. (A & B) TWO SHIELDS (a pair) 1
(See Nos. 350 & 488, B which belong to this set.)

POSITION:
Cast on top of miscellanea under bed (377) at S. end of chamber
(see photos 1149, 1150, 1136, 1141 and 1143).

379(a).
Dimensions:
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hole on rim
89.0 54.0 24.0
50.5

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Curved section.

A ceremonial shield, of wood, of openwork, covered with stucco,
gilt and inlaid with ebony (Negroes). 
The symbolical device represents the king as a human headed
sphinx wearing the crowns of Up. and Low. Egypt, trampling upon
African (southern) foes of Egypt. Behind the king a face, above
which a Nekhebet (Buto) hawk holding in its talons the <>-sign.
The whole device is surmounted with the winged-solar-disk.
To the right, in front of the King, a tablet bearing three
vertical lines of hieroglyphic texts reading: -
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The negroid foes (one on right with feather in his headdress)
rest upon a mat under which is the <> emblem of land.