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Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation
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Carter No.: 420

Handlist description: Collyrium or unguent vase of situla form (calcite)

Card/Transcription No.: 420-3


(420 continued) 3

REMARKS: Contents robbed. The finger marks of the hand that indubitably extracted the unguent are still visible on the internal walls of the vessel. The slight residue adhering to the inner walls shows that the contents must have been of the nature of a stiff ointment (such as the consistency of cold-cream of today).

Card no. 420-3 relating to Carter no. 420
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