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moulding
Object Type
moulding
Museum number
EA23820
Description
Fragment of the corner of a cavetto cornice
Cultures/periods
26th Dynasty
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Dafana
, Very probably from the "Qasr", passage between the two casemate buildings A and B, or west side of casemate building
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Length:
12 centimetres
(max)
Width:
9 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
Very probably the "cornice... around the top of ...wall" of the open-air court at the entrance of the casemate building B of the "Qasr", or one of the "pieces of cornice with ordinary Egyptian cavetto moulding" found on the west of casemate building B, mentioned by W.M.F. Petrie, Tanis ii, Nebesheh and Defenneh, p. 56 § 55.
Bibliographic references
Petrie 1888 / Tanis. Part II. Nebesheh (Am) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes)
(p. 56 § 55)
Leclère and Spencer 2014 / Tell Dafana Reconsidered: The Archaeology of an Egyptian Frontier Town
(p.43, p.55, p.176, pl.18)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair (incomplete)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA23820
Registration number
1887,0101.766