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1901.42.26

Irregularly shaped stone specimen. [CW 24/11/99]

1901.42.26

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Collection type
Object
Description
Irregularly shaped stone specimen. [CW 24/11/99]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Abydos El Mahasna
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 1901
Materials and processes
Material Sandstone Stone
Dimensions
Width: max 29 mm, Depth: max 13 mm, Length: max 30 mm, Weight 14 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.42.26
Research and responses

El Mehesna is more commonly spelt El Mahasna; see J. Garstang, 1903, Mahâsna and Bet Khallaf (Egyptian Research Account, London), and also the later publication, E.R. Ayrton & W.L.S. Loat, 1911, Pre-dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna for more information about this site [RTS 11/3/2005].

This stone was examined by Monica Price of the University of Oxford's Natural History Museum in August 2009 and she identified it as sandstone. [AS 30/10/2009]

Associated publications
J. Garstang, 1903, Mahâsna and Bet Khallaf (Egyptian Research Account, London) [AS 30/10/2009]

Search terms: Specimen, Geology, Stone

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