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Carter No.: 331

Handlist description: Box containing cenotaph

Card/Transcription No.: 331-1


331. BOX CONTAINING CENOTAPH 1

POSITION: - Centre of N.E. corner of chamber; standing on (head) end, as left by the intruders.

DIMENSIONS: - L. 48; W. 20.7; Max. H. 26, cents.

DESCRIPTION: - Oblong model coffin-like box of wood; lid vaulted and abutting upright ends (7.5 cents. high); lid pegged on to box. Exterior surfaces varnished with black resin; interior left plain; has a long slab of wood fixed in the interior to receive the cenotaph. The box stands on end battens.

CONTENTS: - Disturbed, i.e., the linen padding (a piece of folded linen protecting the figure) had been lifted by thieves manifestly for examining contents.

331, A. An Osiride recumbent figure of the King, lying on a funeral bier - in shape a bed of lion form. Carved out of a block of (? cedar) - wood. L. 41; W. 12; Max. H. 11.5; H. of bed 4.3, cents.

Card no. 331-1 relating to Carter no. 331
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