Card/Transcription No.: 256n

256, N. Gold wristlet

POSITION:
Thighs; left hip.
Group: I

DIMENSIONS:
W. 6.1 cents. Max. diam. 5.5 Min. diam. 4.8 (wider measurement).

DESCRIPTION:
A gold wrislet of barrel-shape type, inlaid with turquoise, lapis
lazuli glass and carnelian (quartz with red pigment underneath).
Beneath one half section, the following legend: <>

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pin hinge
pin hinge

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turquoise
lapis
carnelian
lapis
turquoise
Repeated

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carnelian
carnelian
lapis
turquoise
lapis
Repeated

REMARKS:
As per legend this ornament is purely sepulchral. (See Davies
Gardiner, Amenemhet, pl. XII, XI, p.50.)
Only one was found upon the mummy, though from the monuments one
would have expected there would be at least 4 (i.e. pair of
wristlets and a pair of anklets).