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Coffin

Classification/Broad: Religious/Ceremonial

Classification/Specific: Coffin

Material/Broad: Botanical

Material/Specific: Wood

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Description: End of coffin, tamarisk (tamarix gallica) wood coffin, rectangular with lid, inscription outside on 4 sides and lid and inside head and foot ends

Region: Middle Egypt

Country: Egypt

Place/site: Dishasha

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Locus: Tomb of Meri (T116)

Period: First Intermediate

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Inscribed: Yes

Inscription Sequence Number: 1

Inscription Language: Egyptian

Script: Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Registration Number: E2048C

Accession Number: 32

Field Number: TMB 116

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