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Carter No.: 256

Handlist description: King's mummy

Card/Transcription No.: 256-6 


256 Mummy


Whitish spots near top of shoulders. These were common salt
containing a small proportion of sodium sulphate.


Plugs filling the Nostrils. Woven fabric impregnated with Resin


Material from over Eyes. Woven fabric impregnated with Resin.


See The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Vol. II, Appendix I p. 152.


(A small amount of crystalline material from inside the gold
coffin at the head end consisted of common salt.)
Card no. 256-6 relating to Carter no. 256
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