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Carter No.: 331a

Handlist description: Osiride recumbent figure of the King, lying on a funeral bier

Card/Transcription No.: 331a-4


331a

For Mr. Howard Cater.

Inscription on the small wooden effigy of the dead King Tutcankhamun, Museum Temporary No. 449.

On Bier

Figure's right side: - "Made by the Servant who is profitable to his Majesty, who seeks what is good and finds what is fine, and does it thoroughly for his Lord, who does (or, makes) excellent things in the Splendid Place, Overseer of Building-works in the Place of Eternity, the King's Scribe, Overseer of the Treasury, Mey".

Figure's left side: - "Made by the Servant who is profitable to his Lord, who seeks out excellent things in the Place of Eternity, Overseer of Building-works in the West, beloved of his Lord, doing what he (his Lord) says, who does not allow anything to go wrong, whose face is cheerful when he does it (sic) with loving heart as a thing profitable to his Lord".

Foot end "King's Scribe, beloved of his Lord, Overseer of the Treasury, Mey".

Head end: nothing

On Body of Mummy. Down the middle: - "Words spoken by the justified King Nebkheprurec: Descend, my Mother Nût, and spread thyself over me, and cause me to be as the

Card no. 331a-4 relating to Carter no. 331a
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