Implement

Ptolemaic Period

305–30 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

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Title: Implement
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 305–30 BCE
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, foot of Hatshepsut Causeway, Lower Cemetery area (Birabi), MMA excavations, 1915–16
Medium: Iron
Dimensions: L. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Object Number: 32.3.398
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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