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Egyptian
Late–Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic dynasty)
760–30 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Length: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.342
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment

DescriptionHook on one end; other end badly eaten with bronze-disease.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886 - November 17, 1960)