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Carter No.: 620(90)

Handlist description: Palette

Card/Transcription No.: 620(90)


620-90 Palette (See 620-65)

A Ritualistic palette L. 36.0; W. 6.0; thickness 0.8, cents. Bears, incised upon the thin gold, the following reading of the King's prenomen -

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Around the colours: -

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Materials: Palette: wood-gilt Reeds: none (see 620-65) Colours: Yellow: calcite One missing

Treatment Cleaned with ammonia. (There was much fungus on under side.) Refixed in colour, which was loose, and some loose gold leaf with celluloid cement.

Card no. 620(90) relating to Carter no. 620(90)
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