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Carter No.: 601

Handlist description: One wooden shawabti

Card/Transcription No.: 601


601 1 SHAWABTI (WOOD)
(See 620-(113)) (SEE 458)

POSITION: Resting on footstool No. 378 behind bedstead No. 377, south end of chamber (see photos 1136, 1149, 1150). DIMENSIONS: H. 55.0 cents.

DESCRIPTIONS: A large wooden shawabti, carved of wood (? cedar); features painted; khat-headdress gesso-white; temple band & uraeus gilt; collarette gesso-gilt; crozier-sceptre bronze; flagellum bronze gilt; bracelets gesso-gilt; text (ch. VI of 'B of D') incised and filled in with light yellow pigment. Features particularly eyes and ears repaired with stopping. Lips coloured red.

Card no. 601 relating to Carter no. 601
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