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Title: Fluted Clam Shell Used for Storing or Grinding Cosmetics
Period: Middle Kingdom ?
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Courtyard CC 41, Tomb R 6, Room E (?), not assoc. with any burial, MMA excavations, 1915–16
Medium: Shell (Tridacna squamosa)
Dimensions: L. 9.3 × W. 5.6 × H. 2.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession Number: 32.3.120
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