TAA i.3.5.7
Typewritten and annotated report on the canopic equipment, page 7.
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much heat as was prudent, before they could/<but unfortunately they could not> be extracted. Unfort-unetely I was unable to det<e>ct sufficient evidence to arrive at
any final conclusion as to whether the anointing had taken place
in the tomb at the time of burial, or before the equipment was
transported to the tomb. However, the human-headed lids were found
somewhat displaced when I opened the box, which suggested that
the box had been closed and sealed before it was transported to
the treasury, which makes me inclined to believe that the anointing
did <not> take place in the tomb where one would have expected such a
ceremony to have taken place.