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Carter No.: 198

Handlist description: Bouquet of persea twigs

Card/Transcription No.: 198


No. 198 Bouquet of Persea twigs

1. Position. On floor between end of shrine (207) & west wall of Sepulchral Chamber (near 205)

2. Dimensions. Length 0.4. Breadth 0.16.

3. Description. Bunch of ten twigs of Persea (Mimusops Schimperi) with a fragment of a leaf of a reed.

4. Remarks: One twig appears to have been cut off the branch by a knife: the other twigs were broken off.

Photographed 1/3 rd.

Card no. 198 relating to Carter no. 198
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