- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Horn bow fragment.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector William Matthew Flinders Petrie
- PRM source Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Early Dynastic
- Date collected
- By 1901
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1901
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Horn, Material Antelope Horn Animal, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 95 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1901.40.80
- Research and responses
Written in pencil after ‘(Ist dynasty)’ is ‘(T)’, which presumably refers to Tomb T. [CW 29/11/99]
See RDF for copy of the Egypt Exploration Society's list of objects sent to the PRM from the Abydos excavations [AS 18/07/2012].
This object was looked at by Samantha Cook (University of Liverpool). The visit took place July 7 2015. [NC 07/07/2015]
- Associated publications
- Petrie, W.M.F. 1901. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, Part II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 07/06/2012]
Search terms: Archery Weapon, Death, Religion, Bow, Grave Good
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