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Fragments of a handle

MintRoman
Medium/TechniqueBone
DimensionsOverall: 1.8 x 1.2 x 9 cm (11/16 x 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.227a-d
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar), the house of the ring. 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
Game pieces
2960–2770 B.C.
Bone pin
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
Comb fragment
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Fragmentary comb
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Bone piercer
2400–1550 B.C.