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Carter No.: 278

Handlist description: Heap of wooden chips (showing traces of gilding)

Card/Transcription No.: 278 


278 A HEAP OF WOOD CHIPS (SHOWING TRACES OF GILDING)


Lying on floor of chamber in front of a black shrine-like chest (289).


These chips are the debris made by the carpenters when putting together the sections of the
canopic canopy and chest (No. 266).
Card no. 278 relating to Carter no. 278
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