Accession No

1921.611


Description

Weight from spindle. Truncated cone, in the middle of which is pricked a hole.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Ghurob; Gurob


Period

New Kingdom XVIII


Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort [?monetary donor]; British School of Archaeology in Egypt; Brunton, Guy [excavator]; Engelbach, Reginald [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1921.611; 21/Gh


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Limestone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

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 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Excavated by Guy Brunton and Reginald Engelbach in 1921
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Related Documents)
Accompanying excavators' printed card states provenance to be Sedment, but 21/Gh, which appears in longhand on the same card clearly means Ghurob.
Event Date 1921
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Truncated cone, in the middle of which is pricked a hole
Event Date 1921
Author: maa


Context (References)
Brunton, Guy and Engelbach, Reginald. (1927). Gurob. London: University College.
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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