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Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
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Carter No.: 256q

Handlist description: Black resin scarab suspended on gold (beaten) wire

Card/Transcription No.: 256q-3 


256, Q.


Details of scarab. No scale.


ARDEA CINEREA - the common HERON


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inlaid upon elytra


These spines of dark blue glass
lapis lazuil engraved
red glass
lapis lazuli engraved
green glass
green glass
red glass
red glass decayed


<> Bennu-(bird)
(See chap XIII and XVII B. of the D.)
Card no. 256q-3 relating to Carter no. 256q
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