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Carter No.: 620

Handlist description: Floor rubbish

Card/Transcription No.: 620-8


620 ? Bread

Blackened and much eaten by insects

With the appliances and re-agents available it was not possible to make any complete analysis.

The material contains the broken remains of small insects particularly the chitinous skeletons of small beetles, together with material that seems to have passed through the body of insects.

Card no. 620-8 relating to Carter no. 620
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