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Ointment box of Tutankhamun
General Information

Ointment box of Tutankhamun, the sides of the box feature gold work relief of god Heh, god of eternity holding above and around his head the cartouches of the king.

Storing Place Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material Gold
Type Box
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Valley of the kings - Luxor - Egypt
Found By Howard Carter
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Sides of the box
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

twt anx imn nb xprw ra


Translation

Tutankhamun Nebkheperure

Scientific Publishing

H. Stierlin, The Gold of the Pharaohs, (Paris, 1997), 50.

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