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Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
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Carter No.: 238

Handlist description: Third (inner) shrine

Card/Transcription No.: 238-16


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Fitted over and entirely enclosing the first innermost shrine. It is built of wood which has been coated with gesso inside & out. and overlaid with thin gold laid on as gold leaf.

Card no. 238-16 relating to Carter no. 238
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