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Kohl tube in the form of a column

1550–1295 B.C.
FindspotAbydos, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueIvory
DimensionsHeight x width: 9.9 x 2 cm (3 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7360
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ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb D 77. 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)
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