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Weaving-weight or pendant (?)
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Porphyry
Dimensions
Other: 4.3 x 5.9 cm (1 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.211
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Weights and measures
DescriptionPorphyry; polished surface; hole at one end, with mark of the string. Possibly a pendant.
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)