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Carter No.: 117c

Handlist description: Piece of thick plaster

Card/Transcription No.: 117-1


117. Misc. Group. Reed basket: leather from chariot: piece of mortar.

1. Position Under chariot 120 (? No not showing in phot.)

(a) 2. Dimensions Diam. about 15. So squashed out of shape that anything like exact measurements impossible. Height circ. 9.5 Lid height about 3.5.

3. Description Construction exactly similar to 129 Decorated with triangles of darker reed as in 146. Lid similar decoration <>

4. Contents Nil

5. Treatment Rim covered with melted leather from chariot. This cleaned off.

Card no. 117-1 relating to Carter no. 117c
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