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Carter No.: 256sss

Handlist description: String of cylindrical and disk beads

Card/Transcription No.: 256sss-2


256, SSS. Details of string of cylindrical and disc beads upon
long string.

Nat. size. Strung from the neck upon long strings the actual beads covering the lower part of the thorax.

<> Rest broken off. Repeat here.

9 lapis lazuli double disc beads 5 plain gold cylindrical beads eight lapis lazuli double disc beads 1 plain gold double disc bead. pair lapis lazuli double disc beads pair red gold double disc beads pair lapis lazuli double disc beads plain gold double disc bead. pair lapis lazuli double disc beads pair red gold double disc beads pair lapis lazuli double disc beads 1 plain gold double disc bead 10 lapis lazuli double disc beads 1 plain gold double disc bead. 1 plain gold cylindrical bead 1 plain gold double disc bead 1 plain gold cylindrical bead 1 plain gold cylindrical bead pair of lapis lazuli double disc beads pair of plain gold double disc beads pair of lapis lazuli double disc beads pair of red gold double disc beads pair of lapis lazuli double disc beads pair of plain gold double disc beads

Considerably more than 15 cent long

(See photos).

Card no. 256sss-2 relating to Carter no. 256sss
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