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Coffin fragment: E.W.96

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Current Location: In storage

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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.

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Accession number: E.W.96
Primary reference Number: 162282
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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