Card/Transcription No.: 579-4

579 NECK PIECE AND CONTENTS OF VESSEL

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linen binding
9.0
dark blue
11.5
blue
red
blue
blue

The neck-piece was found separated from the lion-shaped vessel -
lying on the ground not far away.
The lid was still in place covering the mouth of the neck-piece,
held in place by a linen binding - white linen cover bound with
brown linen strips.

It would appear that during pilfering the contents of the various
vessels in the chamber (Annexe), the thieves wrenched off the
neck-piece which was fitted and luted into the top of the head of
the lion, instead of removing the lid covering the mouth. As the
neck-piece was fitted several centimetres into the head of the
lion and the vessel was found in an upright position, it could
not have fallen off by itself, unless gases formed by the
contents caused it to blow off which is unlikely. However, the
contents of this vessel - some kind of fatty material - is still
intact and there were no traces of the substances ever having
been interfered with.