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Carter No.: 101

Handlist description: Round-topped chest of ebony and painted white wood

Card/Transcription No.: 101-3


101. (Cont)

3. Description (cont.) In addition to the ordinary inscriptions there was a hieratic docket in black paint at knob end of one of the lid panels (see Note by A. H. Gardiner). Remains of cord on lid knob, to which seal had been attached. This .2 in diam.

4. Contents Several robes etc. thrown carelessly into the box, barely covering floor. These were crunched up anyhow. Mixed in & folded in with them there were a number of fringed shawls folded to pads, 2 or 3 loin cloths in pads, a roll bandage or two, a wooden headrest, a captive figure from chariot (?), and on very bottom of box, an elaborate necklace with stone scarab pendant, and wooden pectoral as makeweight.

(cont)

Card no. 101-3 relating to Carter no. 101
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