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Carter No.: 317a

Handlist description: Nest of two coffins

Card/Transcription No.: 317a-01


317, A. A NEST OF TWO COFFINS (CONTAINING 1 
SEE No. 320 and 317 B.

DIMENSIONS: - L. 49.5; Max. W. 20; Max. H. 26.2, cents (at feet).

DESCRIPTION: - OUTER COFFIN - a miniature coffin of anthropoid form (similar in type to that of private burials); tied round with strips of linen at neck, waist, and ankles, and sealed. (For types of seals employed see Nos. 302 and 282) The coffin of wood; gesso-gilt; field filled in with black resin. Head dress of striated (blue & gold) private burial type; usekh-collar, with hawk-head shoulder pieces; hands free (no emblems); vulture over abdomen; three longitudinal bands, and four transverse bands, of formulae (see copy attached). The figure of Nephthys on top of head; the figure of Isis, and two deds, under feet. No insignia on forehead.

(317 a (1)). INNER-COFFIN - Fits into interior of outer coffin. Of wood; gesso-gilt; of similar type to outer coffin. For the formulae (see copy attached). Contents: see 317 a(2).

Card no. 317a-01 relating to Carter no. 317a
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