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Carter No.: 269b

Handlist description: Mirror case in form of ankh sign

Card/Transcription No.: 269b-3 


269, B.


MATERIAL OF WHICH COMPOSED


Wood covered outside with gesso and gold foil, and inside with silver foil.
Small knobs for fastening are silver, a little thread still tied round them.
LID inlaid with:
Carnelian
Calcite
Translucent quartz
Faience ?or glass (for scarab)
Glass blue (light & dark)
TREATMENT: Cleaned with warm water ammonia and potassium cyanide.


A. L.
Card no. 269b-3 relating to Carter no. 269b
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