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Carter No.: 435

Handlist description: Unguent vase (calcite) with flanking ornament

Card/Transcription No.: 435-2


(435 continued) 2

REMARKS: Contents robbed. Finger marks on inner walls of the hand that extracted the unguents. The slight residue adhering to the inner walls shows that the contents were of a soft pasty substance of the consistency of a material like cold-cream. The vase was broken into seven pieces scattered among the objects s. end of chamber.

(Note small piece missing.)

(?) The lid of this vase No. 620-1.

Card no. 435-2 relating to Carter no. 435
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