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Execration plaques
Egyptian
New Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 18
Findspot: Egypt, Giza
Medium/Technique
Mud
Dimensions
Width x Depth x Length: (largest) 3.2 x 1 x 7.2 cm (1 1/4 x 3/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Width x Depth x Length: (smallest) 2 x 0.8 x 2.2 cm (13/16 x 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Width x Depth x Length: (smallest) 2 x 0.8 x 2.2 cm (13/16 x 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number47.1706
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ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
DescriptionExecration plaques. A collection of mud plaques stamped with the impression of a bound captive and inscribed in red hieratic script with personal names. There are thirty eight pieces, mostly fragments.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, cemetery G 7000, surface above G 7788. 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.