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This wooden box with sliding lid is among a number of grave goods placed in the rich burial of a woman and child at Qurneh in Egypt, sometime in the 17th Dynasty. The woman may have been a queen.

The lid pulls off in dovetail grooves. At one end is a wooden peg, which would have been tied to another peg on the box end for sealing up the box. According to the excavation report, when found the box contained a fatty material, with some clothing pressed into it.

The woman buried at Qurneh was a slender individual between 21 and 25 years old. She has signs of tooth decay, which was less common amongst ancient Egyptians than modern peoples. The child was about two and a half years old at death.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-480-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  
• Date: 2nd Intermediate Period: 17th Dynasty (around 1641 to 1539 BC)
  
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