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Carter No.: 044gg

Handlist description: Stone scarab (turquoise)

Card/Transcription No.: 044gg


44 (gg) Stone Scarab (turquoise) 62

Made of a light blue green crystalline stone Size, 2.2 x 1.6 x 1. deep max. Wing cases marked. <> In addition to longitudinal threading hole, there had been holes in sides, for attachment to a ring (?). These holes were filled with plugs of the same stone.

Inscription Standing figures of Horus & Tum facing above <>

Treatment Washed with water only.

Card no. 044gg relating to Carter no. 044gg
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