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Figure of a baboon

2960–2770 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 9 x 2.4 x 6.5 cm (3 9/16 x 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number03.1724
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ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, temple M 69. 1903: 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: January 1, 1903)