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Fruit seed
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Fruit seed

FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFruit
DimensionsOverall: 1.2 x 2.9 cm (1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number27.1795
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Giza, St.G 7400- east of Mastaba, G 7440- west of G 7530 in radim. 1927 : excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
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