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Shell

Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueShell
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 8 x 3.3 x 0.7 cm (3 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.284
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid, tomb 155? [see notes]. M/155? 1910: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 2, 1911)