Notes on this page refer to text on (facing) page 17.
Carter's notes for "280, 281, 282" are not for the shrine-like chests. These are the inscriptions on statuettes all contained within these chests: 280.a, 281.a, and 282.a.

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280. Inscription upon black pedestal: [ 𓂀 ] { These are not mummies, but living

{ personalities in mummied form

281. " " " " [ 𓂀 ] {

282. " " " " [ 𓂀 ] ṯmȝ-ʿ = strong <vigorous> (p. 208).

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śpdw Eastern god; ass. Šaptu [ 𓂀 ], [ 𓂀 ]. (XX^th Nome of Low. Eg. Standard). ~~(?)~~ = Arabia

l/<G>mḥsw. = qualifications of Reʿ hieracocyphale[?] (BR). ←

"[ 𓂀 ], [ 𓂀 ], The 'armed', one of the Solar appellations, already found in the

Pyramid Texts (Unas, 281). He appears in Chap. 130, 7. in connection with the

block of Execution." (Le Page Renouf, B. of the D., Chap. XXXII.). ~~the verse in~~

~~the Chap. referring to this beast reads: Back, thou ar[e]~~the Chapter Whereby the

Crocodiles are repulsed who come to carry of theWords of Power from the glorified in

the Netherworld. The verse referring to this god reads: "Back, thou crocodile of the

South, who livest upon impurities … Let me not the Red flame be upon

thee. For I am Septu" (śpdw). pp. 78-81.