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Object Number:E10311
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Sudan
Nubia
Buhen
Locus: H25
Period: New Kingdom
Date Made: 1539 - 1075 BCE
Early Date: -1540
Late Date: -1074
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Bronze
Height: 17.14 cm
Length: 9.53 cm
Width: 1.27 cm
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910

Description

Handle in form of nude girl holding ends of head of papyrus plant.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

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Nubian Room ( Oct 1967 - 1977) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 76, fig. 48View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Woolley, Charles L., and Randall-MacIver, David. 1911. The Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia: Vol. VIII, Buhen (plates).. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: plate 62View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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