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Copper fragment

FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCopper
Dimensions2.3 cm (length) x 1.8cm (width at thickest point)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.282
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 47, no. 47 [M/47/47]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
Inlaid eye
2465–2323 B.C.
Strips of copper
2040–1783 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
Copper band
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Copper fragment
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Sheet copper
2400–2050 B.C.