Yellow shell
1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueShell
DimensionsHeight x width: 5 x 2.4 cm (1 15/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7440
On View
Not on viewClassificationsOrganic remains
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb D 62. 1901: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: August 1, 1901)
(Accession Date: August 1, 1901)
about 690–664 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.