Accession No
1932.488 G
Description
An ivory needle or pin, the end decorated in the shape of a juicer, the lower part has been lost since discovery.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
VII Dynasty VIII Dynasty I Intermediate Period Early
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Brunton, Guy [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.488 G; 31/583
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked '31/583' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1: This card has been amended at some point and the description of the object changed to 'Needle. Lwr pt lost since disc'. It is unclear when this was changed and when the lower part was lost.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with beads 1932.450.
Event Date 1931
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Found in tomb 583 by Guy Brunton in 1931.
Event Date 1931
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A-C: Three small alabaster pots.
A: A tall thin alabaster cylinder jar with slight foot and pronounced rim.
B: Miniature pink/brown alabaster cylinder jar.
D: Blue-green glazed stone pot decorated with dots of clay vertically down the body and on the rim in five lines.
E: Stone grinder.
F: Ivory comb with teeth missing. There is a hole at the top and a partial hole on one side.
G: An ivory needle or pin, the end decorated in the shape of a juicer, the lower part has been lost since discovery.
H: An ivory spatula with five grooves horizontally around the centre. It is broken and parts have been lost since discovery.
Event Date 1932
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. (1948). British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. Bernard Quaritch Ltd: London. pp. 36, 51. pl. XXXV, XXVI, XL no. 2.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:282783
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