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Carter No.: 587

Handlist description: Wooden box

Card/Transcription No.: 587-1


587. WOODEN BOX

POSITION: Among a mass of miscellanea S.W. corner of Chamber - (see photos 1149, 1150).

DIMENSIONS: L. 53.0; W. 36.7; H. 33.4 (not including lid which is missing) cents. (capacity 50 x 34 x 23 cents.).

DESCRIPTION: A somewhat roughly made wooden box; dark grain wood; four side panels painted yellow on the exterior; frame-work left dark natural colour; top and bottom horizontal rails veneered; the vertical corner pieces of the frame-work elongated so as to form the four legs upon which it stands; considerable amount of stopping used to make good faults; upright corner-pieces fixed in interior for (?) the lid. Wooden knob on front-end, to which string still adheres. Lid missing.

Contents: 587, A, leather cuirass; 587, B, thet-amulet (faience); 587, C, pair of plaited grass sandals; 587, D, a violet glass ded amulet. (See notes attached.)

Card no. 587-1 relating to Carter no. 587
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