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Carter No.: 055

Handlist description: Cylindrical alabaster (calcite) jar

Card/Transcription No.: 055


55. Cylindrical alabaster (calcite) jar.

1.Position By right fore leg of cow couch.

2. Dimensions H. 19.7

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3. Description Outside greasy and stained. Hieratic inscription on middle of one side (see A.H. Gardiner).

4. Contents Remains of some resinous material which apparently had at one time overflowed and run down.

Cleaned with xylene

Card no. 055 relating to Carter no. 055
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