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N 2631 (TC; MM) Map E4; photo C 7156. 120 from gebel. 80 high. Reuse of an inscribed coffin. Corners as usual. White paint inside, yellow outside. Inscribed coffin of (i). 185 x 54 x 52. 4 thick. Lid broken, and Coptic burial placed inside, pieces of lid being afterwards placed carelessly on top. Original burial scattered in bottom of coffin. Adult. Sex? On back, head north. All back teeth in lower jaw gone. (Skull 12-4894 [ed.: According to Hearst Museum records, the skull belongs to a male.]) Details of the clothing could not be determined. Remains of a wrapping shawl of sackcloth pad over the face. This latter consisted of a linen cloth about 210 x 150 cm. At each corner of this cloth, there was a pattern of 5 large rosettes and 4 small ones in colored wools (green, red, blue, and yellow). Thread was first drawn in desired pattern, and then wool was worked in? Over feet, extra pad of odd pieces of cloth. Copt had been bound in sackcloth and tied round with many cross cords, but cloth had mostly decayed. Cord occasionally threaded through outer cloth. Under the body, there were 4 sticks of gotn? [ed.: i.e., cotton?]. In pit, 3 (ii) and 1 (iii). [ed.: According to Hearst Museum records, 6-12506 (headrest) is from this burial.]