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University of Oxford

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13/<14>

w/<W>hereas, the device of seal (H) is impersonal ~~and of more or less~~

~~universal type~~/<and apparently departmentals, it has been found in many other instances>.

To weaken the supposition that <this type> ~~theyxxx~~[?]/<are all> imprints

of (E) <on the original sealings>, there is the undeniable fact that two of the shrines shield-

ing the king were secured by < ~~xxx~~[?] original> seals (I) and (J), which are ~~but~~ small

editions of (E) and (H), respectively; <and> that the Canopic box con-

taining the king’s viscera was secue/<r>ed by the indentical^sic seal (J) <(see over)>

employed on the shrines, ~~and that in all t<h>ree cases these small~~

~~clay seals were found original and <were> found intact.~~ Unfortunately,

for reasons mentioned above, <the> measurement <of the seal impressions> is of little or no value,
as an aid to <excel> identification ~~in this case~~. It is a problem, after

repeated study, I have been unable to solve. Although my impres-

sion is that i~~n the case of the seal imprints upon the blocks~~

~~od the doorways,~~ seal (E) belongs to the original group and /<seal> (H) to

the <subsequent> reclosings.

<One certain point is that only the seal was engraved[?]

for reclosing the tomb, and the impression that of Seal (H)

The problem of Seal (E) and (H)

the[?] The certain point is that only the Special[?] Seal (H) was employed

was something only ~~xxx~~[?]