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Spoon

FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsLength x width: 5.6 x 1.6 cm (2 3/16 x 5/8 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.219
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
Turtle palette
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Gaming die
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
1991–1783 B.C.
Game pieces
2960–2770 B.C.
Kohl stick
1479–1425 B.C.
Kohl tube
2750–2649 B.C.