Tip of an ivory tusk, carved with linear zig zag pattern. [SM 14/07/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tip of an ivory tusk, carved with linear zig zag pattern. [SM 14/07/2008]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; El Amrah
Person: Field collector David Randall MacIver; PRM source Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
Date collected: By 1901
Acquisition information: Donated: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Width: max 32 mm, Length: max 133 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.29.2
Research and responses: p.19 of excavation publication MacIver and Mace (1902) El Amrah and Abydos: " a16. Grave of class 2a. Body Female. Slate of type 98. Slate of a new type (pl. x.7). Two slates of type 63a. String of carnelian and calcite beads along the arms. Ivory comb of type 67. Stone vase of type S4c. Pots B26c, B58c, B of shape F14, broken B (either 77a or 78a)." [AS 20/04/2009]
Associated publications: Randall MacIver, D. and Mace, A. (1902) El Amrah and Abydos 1899-1901. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 07/06/2012]

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