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E.W.82 dating

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Further dating information about this object

The only clue for dating the coffin is the sequence of coffin texts on this board. They are almost identical to the spells on the coffin of the ‘mayor’ Mesehti. The date of Mesehti is not firmly established but he belongs most likely before the Eleventh Dynasty.

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