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E12512.22

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12512.22
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus Merenptah's Throne room RM7
Period Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1232 - 1224 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Bronze
Description

Shield-shaped gragment with slight curvature. Top edge is possibly finished. Evidence of possible nail on left top edge as there is a semi circular shaped notch. Just below is a horizontal incision approximately 2cm in length. Overall dark grey in color.

Height 3 cm
Length 13.4 cm
Width 10.7 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1918
Other Number M9345 - Field No SF

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