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1903.22.9

Flint. Abstracted rounded shape with nodules. It is described as "baboon-shaped". [AB [OPS Move] 10/8/2016]

1903.22.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Flint. Abstracted rounded shape with nodules. It is described as "baboon-shaped". [AB [OPS Move] 10/8/2016]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Abydos
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Early Dynastic
Date collected
1902 - 1903
Acquisition information
Donated: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone
Dimensions
Height: max 115 mm, Width: max 145 mm, Length: max 258 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.22.9
Research and responses

See RDF for a copy of a letter sent by Henry Balfour to the Egypt Exploration Fund thanking them for the donation of objects from Petrie's excavation in 1902-03: "The specimens are of considerable interest to me, & will find suitable positions in the Museum series. I am particularly interested in the ape figures & the natural flints found with them... again with many thanks for the interesting accessions to my series." [AS 18/07/2012]

Associated publications
See pp.26-27 and plate IX of Petrie, W.M.F. 1903. Abydos Part II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 15/06/2012]

Search terms: Figure, Religion, Animal Figure, Religious Object

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