Accession No

1921.572


Description

Bronze tweezers, corroded.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Sedment


Period

New Kingdom XVIII Dynasty


Source

British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Haddon, Alfred Cort (Prof.) [?monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1921.572; 21/1689 [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

43mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card: 'Petrie + Brunton, Sedment II (1924), pl.LXVII - No mention of object in tomb register'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Bronze tweezers. Corroded.
Event Date 1921
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Guy Brunton in 1921.
Event Date 1921
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
See correspondence for year 1921 in Museum's Documentary Archives letter dated 15.9.21 and list of 'Antiquities from British School'.
Event Date 15/9/1921
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. Brunton, Guy. (1924). Sedment II. British School of Archaeology in Egypt: London. pl. LXVII [for grave 1689 contents].
Event Date 1924
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Amendments / updates)
Found in a 'Bryant & May's' matchbox. Removed to new box.
Event Date 17/2/2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (References)
Franzmeier, Henning. Der Friedhof von Sedment: Materielle und kulturelle Variation im Bestattungswesen des ägyptischen Neuen Reiches. Unpublished PhD thesis, Freien Universität Berlin, 2014. p. 376 (Vol. 1), p. 73 (Vol. 3, pictured).
Event Date 2014
Author: IMogen Gunn


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