Object Number | E10347A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sudan | Nubia | Buhen |
Locus | J33B |
Period | Second Intermediate Period |
Date Made | 1630-1523 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Bronze | Electrum | Ivory |
Iconography | Fly |
Description | Fly emblem with ivory wings and head made of electrum (silver with gold). Flies were awarded for military valor as Nile flies were tenacious and tough just as soldiers should be. |
Height | 24 cm |
Outside Diameter | 21 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Buhen; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1910 |
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