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Shell

Object Number:E14150
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Dendereh
Locus: Tomb 23; 682c
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Shell
Credit Line:The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Dendereh, Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1917
Other Number:D4707 - Field No SF

Description

Oyster shell, Avicula (Meleagrina) margaritacea. Inscribed with the name (prenomen) of Senwosret I (kheper-ka-ra). Broken into three joining pieces.

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. 82View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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