Accession No

Z 45448


Description

A bronze fish hook with barbed tip. The end through which string would have been threaded has been curled round from the same piece of metal.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar


Period

Third Intermediate Period


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 45448; 30/912


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Found: Granary in Temple Area; Excavated by Brunton.G in 1930; Ref. Plate: LV
Event Date 31/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Copper; Metal Hook; Metalwork.
Event Date 31/5/1991
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
A bronze fish hook with barbed tip. The end through which string would have been threaded has been curled round from the same piece of metal.
Event Date 11/9/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Brunton, Guy. 1948. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. pp. 67. pl. LV, LXIV.
Event Date 14/5/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:39860

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