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Title: Embalmer's Tool
Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 17–18
Date: ca. 1580–1479 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, unfinished temple area, MMA Pit 1017, embalming cache, MMA excavations, 1920–22
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: L. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession Number: 22.3.76
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