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Nefertiti placed side by side. Sennefer's coffin was placed on a bier (funerary bed) and covered with a shroud; on the chest was a square cloth with a painted scene of him sitting before an offering table and inscribed with his name and title. The coffin of the infant was placed in the space at the heads of the coffins. To the south, at the feet of the coffins, was a box with a pitched lid that supported a folding stool; both were once covered with a fabric shroud. Food offerings consisted of three plates of fruits, nuts and seeds, and two pottery vessels. A limestone ostraca with an offering table sketched in red ink was placed near the doorway.
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62:. On his coffin was placed a painted piece of cloth, showing Sennefer before an offering table. Furthermore, the burial contained different types of furniture, including a bed, a box, a head rest and several pottery as well as stone vessels. The burial of a child in an undecorated box was found, too. Two
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based on the style of his coffins and funerary goods. Analysis of his skeletonised mummy indicates he was about 162–168 centimetres (5 ft 4 in – 5 ft 6 in) tall and died between 35 and 45 years of age. He had healed fractures to his wrist and a rib, a dent across the top of
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DM1159A was one of only three intact tombs discovered in Deir el-Medina. Funerary bouquets of foliage were piled near the entrance of the chamber; others were placed at the rear of the chamber. At the back of the room, taking up nearly the entire width of the tomb, were the mummy-shaped coffins of
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