s b).Sometimes an asp, whose body was of gold setwith precious stones, was worn by persons ofrank as a fashionable caprice. Figures c d, ofgold, bear the heads of fanciful animals; e,also of gold, is remarkable for singularity ofform and for the delicacy of its workmanship,and f for its carrying… … The one marked a in the above cut is now inthe Leyden museum. It is of gold, three inchesin diameter, and one and a half inch in height,and is interesting, because it belonged to thePharaoh whom we conclude to have been thepatron and friend of Joseph, Thothmes III.,whose name it bears. The armlet b…
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