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Carter No.: 593

Handlist description: Games-box (wood, ivory, and gold)

Card/Transcription No.: 593-5 


593 continued 5


REMARKS:     
Two of the side end pieces of ivory missing
The gold bolts wrenched off by tomb-thieves.
Drawers will not fit in properly owing to warping.
The playing pieces scattered in both Annexe and Antechamber.
One of the drawers found a large distance from box.
The box has suffered much from rough usage on the part of the
thieves.
Card no. 593-5 relating to Carter no. 593
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