- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Irregularly shaped stone specimen. [CW 24/11/99]
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Predynastic
- Date collected
- By 1901
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1901
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 29 mm, Depth: max 3 mm, Weight 7 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1901.42.27
- 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 piece was examined by Monica Price of the University of Oxford's Natural History Museum in August 2009 and she identified it as calcite, which is commonly referred to as 'travertine' in Egyptian archaeology. [AS 30/10/2009]
- Associated publications
- J. Garstang, 1903, Mahâsna and Bet Khallaf (Egyptian Research Account, London) [AS 30/10/2009]
1901.42.27
Irregularly shaped stone specimen. [CW 24/11/99]
1901.42.27
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