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Carter No.: 291a

Handlist description: Figure of the god Ptah

Card/Transcription No.: 291a-6


291, A. WREATH

Composed of leaves of willow (salix safsaf) bound over a strip of papyrus pith by fine threads of papyrus pith. (Newberry). Length 38 cms.

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Newberry sends the following note: - Leaf of Pumica Granatum L. Pomegranate.

Card no. 291a-6 relating to Carter no. 291a
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