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Chips from a greywacke sarcophagus
Egyptian
Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis
570–526 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, G 7757 X
Accession Number
29-12-83
Medium or Technique
Greywacke
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
A number of very small greywacke flakes and chips from coffin // a few scraps of RPW (red polished ware) from canopic jar (discarded)// two fragments of BW (brown ware) and ribbed BW (brown ware) (discarded) // two teeth (discarded).
Provenance
From Egypt, Giza, G 7757 (tomb of Kheperre) Room X. 1929: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition