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2 of 4 • Impressed gold sheet amulets and finger or toe sheaths from G 7530-7540: G 7540 T, room III: top row: 29-3-74 (two thin bands); second row: 29-3-112 (two uraei), 29-3-102 (uraeus), 29-3-103 (vulture), 29-3-75 (collar), 29-3-76 (vulture), 29-3-77 (wig), 29-3-78 (serpent head); third row: 29-3-79 (four sheaths), 29-3-101 (seven sheaths); bottom row: 29-3-101 (five unmarked sheaths), 29-3-110 (seven sheaths)
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Impressed gold sheet amulets and finger or toe sheaths from G 7530-7540: G 7540 T, room III: top row: 29-3-74 (two thin bands); second row: 29-3-112 (two uraei), 29-3-102 (uraeus), 29-3-103 (vulture), 29-3-75 (collar), 29-3-76 (vulture), 29-3-77 (wig), 29-3-78 (serpent head); third row: 29-3-79 (four sheaths), 29-3-101 (seven sheaths); bottom row: 29-3-101 (five unmarked sheaths), 29-3-110 (seven sheaths)
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Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7530-7540

Gold foil object, [finger or toe sheath] (cf. 29-3-79). Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_54119
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Mummy trappings
  • Findspot
    G 7530-7540: pit G 7540 T, room 3 (III)
  • Material
    Gold
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_29-3-101
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/5096
  • Date of Register Entry
    03/10/1929
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    Twelve sheaths (seven marked and five unmarked) originally registered as HUMFA_29-3-101; now in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (unmarked: EMC_JE_54104, EMC_JE_54105, EMC_JE_54109, EMC_JE_54110, and EMC_JE_54111; marked: EMC_JE_54117, EMC_JE_54119, EMC_JE_54120, EMC_JE_54121, EMC_JE_54122, EMC_JE_54123, and EMC_JE_54126). Objects EMC_JE_54099 through EMC_JE_54128 are misnumbered in photograph on JE page, thus EMC_JE_54105 is labeled "-96," EMC_JE_54109 = "54100," EMC_JE_54110 = "-01," EMC_JE_54111 = "-02," EMC_JE_54117 = "-08," EMC_JE_54119 = "-10," EMC_JE_54120 = "-11," EMC_JE_54121 = "-12," EMC_JE_54122 = "-13," EMC_JE_54123 = "-14," and EMC_JE_54126 = "-17."

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