Basket
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Title: Basket
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13–17
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, Radim, Burial 6A.X.B12, MMA excavations, 1918–19
Medium: Halfa grass and rush basketry
Dimensions: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number: 19.3.79a, b
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