Human Remains

Humerus

E9458

From: Egypt | Abydos

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E9458
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Abydos
Locus Tomb of Djer (Tomb O)
Period Egyptian Early Dynastic | First Dynasty
Date Made 3000-2800 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Human Bone
Description

Humerus with a wide anatomical neck, prominent deltoid tuberosity,wide and flared epiphyses. The humerus is short in length and robust suggesting that the individual had a type of dwarfism.

Credit Line Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901
Other Number AES 2100 - Other Number

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