Unidentified iron object, possibly a ?chisel/tool or part of a spoon/ladle, a long thin length of iron with a flattened end that is slightly wider than the main body. [SM 05/12/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Unidentified iron object, possibly a ?chisel/tool or part of a spoon/ladle, a long thin length of iron with a flattened end that is slightly wider than the main body. [SM 05/12/2007]
Long description: Unidentified iron object, possibly a ?chisel/tool or part of a spoon/ladle, a long thin length of iron with a flattened end that is slightly wider than the main body. The other end flares out to three projecting points. One point curves upwards, the other two are broken. [SM 05/12/2007]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; Behnesa [el-Behnasa], Oxyrhynchus
Person: Field collector Bernard Pyne Grenfell; Field collector Arthur Surridge Hunt; PRM source Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Roman
Date collected: 1903 - 1904
Acquisition information: Donated: 1904
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Length: max 284 mm, Width: max 48 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1904.35.61.2
Research and responses: According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Oxyrhynchus is best known for the numerous papyri uncovered there, first by B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt (1897-1907). It is assumed that these are the field collectors referred to in the accession book entry. [CW 20/1/2000]

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