Shell

A-Group

ca. 3100–2649 B.C.

Not on view

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Title: Shell
Period: A-Group
Date: ca. 3100–2649 B.C.
Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 3, Grave 147, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912
Medium: Shell (marine Conus sp)
Dimensions: l. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in); diam. 2 cm (13/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.125.19
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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