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Carter No.: 253

Handlist description: First (outermost) coffin

Card/Transcription No.: 253-04 


253 Continued


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NB The top edge of the feet of the lid had been chipped away in
places, they being too high to allow the lid of the sarcophagus
to be placed on the sarcophagus.
The chips were found at the bottom of the sarcophagus under bier
(253a).
Card no. 253-04 relating to Carter no. 253
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