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This document discusses the origin of a fragment of a deep blue glass inlay decorated with yellow stars that was found in tomb KV 55 in the Valley of the Kings. The fragment depicts part of the Egyptian hieroglyph for "sky". The author analyzes three possible origins for the fragment: 1) the coffin found in KV 55, 2) an unknown destroyed object from KV 55, or 3) the canopic jars found in KV 55. After assessing each option, the author argues that the fragment most likely originated from the canopic jars, whi

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Imhotep72

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