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Carter No.: 261h

Handlist description: Two small alabaster cups (beaker form)

Card/Transcription No.: 261h-2


261 H. 

vigorously the mixture only lights with difficulty and soon goes out: the smell of the burning mixture is not fragrant. The evidence therefore seems against the mixture being for use as incense though the resin it contains may be incense. This will be further analysed in Cairo.

A. L.

Card no. 261h-2 relating to Carter no. 261h
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