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Title: Papyrus Lid from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Medium: Papyrus fiber
Dimensions: Diam. 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number: 09.184.251
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