Kohl tube
2750–2649 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsOverall (a): 2 x 12.8 cm (13/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Overall (b): 4.7 x 2.1 cm (1 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Overall (b): 4.7 x 2.1 cm (1 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7365a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb of Khasekhemwy. 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: October 1, 1901)
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
650–950
1550–1295 B.C.
1991–1783 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C.
1479–1425 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.