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Bone tool

Bone tool
 1648 BCE-1540 BCE

Medium
ivory
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
ivory
Measurements
6.2 × 2.4 × 0.6 cm
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
3390C-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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