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Carter No.: 587b

Handlist description: Tyet amulet (faience)

Card/Transcription No.: 587b


587, B. A TIT-AMULET (FAIENCE)

A greenish-blue faience <> 'tit-amulet' symbolical of 'Protection' (the symbol of Isis).

See 620-18 to 20

<> Not pierced Nat.Size attachment tied here. manganese manganese

Card no. 587b relating to Carter no. 587b
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