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Spoon in the form of a hand holding a shell

1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBone
DimensionsWidth x depth: 4.5 x 12.1 cm (1 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.);
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number88.1047
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1888)
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.