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1901.29.16

Smooth pebble used as rubber with palettes.

1901.29.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Smooth pebble used as rubber with palettes.
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
El Amrah
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 1901
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Material Jasper Stone
Dimensions
Length: max 37 mm, Width: max 24.5 mm, Depth: max 15 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.29.16 Other numbers: B. 233
Research and responses

Grave B.233 published in excavation report on p.24. "Grave of Class 2. Plundered. Bones of a child in the filling. Skull of a small animal (goat?). Pieces of ivory hairpin. A fish-shaped slate. A large marble. Some shells pierced for suspension. One large shell. Steatite and calcite beads. Small copper spoon with silver bowl. Oval-sectioned slate vase (pl. xvi. 9). Stone vase H34. Seven tiny rough pots which are diminutive forms of familiar rough-faced (R) pots, and were no doubt put in as appropriate to the child. Other pots were P31b, P40e, P bowl, P95b, B53a, R24, R42c, R75, R80, R81, L44a." [AS 24/07/2009]

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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