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1905.47.4

Grooved stone maul [SM (Verve) 16/11/2016]

1905.47.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Grooved stone maul [SM (Verve) 16/11/2016]
Long description
Roughly cylindrical stone with a slight groove running around the centre. [SM (Verve) 16/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Sinai
Date
Date collected
By 1905
Acquisition information
Donated: 1905
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Grooved
Dimensions
Length: max 135 mm, Diameter: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1905.47.4
Research and responses

See RDF for a copy of the letter dated 16.11.1905 sent to the Egypt Exploration Fund Committee by Balfour enquiring as to what the markings on these objects mean. The original is held in the archives of the Egypt Exploration Society [AS 12/09/2012]

Associated publications
Petrie, W.M.F. 1906. W. M. F. Researches in Sinai (London). [AS 06/08/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Hammer

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