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Awl

1914.05.0064

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Artifact Identification Awl   (1914.05.0064)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Leather, Horn & Shellworking T&E
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Ptolemaic (?)
Date 305 – 30 BCE?
Culture Egyptian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 16.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 0.5 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 14 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Metal--Iron
Manufacturing Processes Forging

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.

The British Museum. Antinoupolis at the British Museum Online Catalog. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/antinoupolis.aspx

Griffith Institute Archives, University of Oxford. John de Monins Johnson photographic negatives. http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4johnson.html

Maguire, Eunice Dauterman, Henry Maguire and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers. Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction No

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