This is a rectangular piece of wood, almost certainly from a Middle Kingdom box coffin. Traces of vertical columns of hieroglyphs survive at either end of the panel.
Accession number: E.W.96
Primary reference Number: 162282
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Coffin fragment" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162282 Accessed: 2024-12-23 12:12:02
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