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Object Type
cross
Museum number
EA47829
Description
Reed cross.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)
, from the site of the temple of Mentuhotep
Materials
reed
Dimensions
Height:
10.50 centimetres
Width:
7 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Godlewski 1986 / Le monastère de St Phoibammon
(no. 25, p.120, fig.94)
Naville 1907-1913 / The XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari
(3:27, pl.34.7)
Location
On display
(G66/dc3)
Condition
good
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1907
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA47829
Registration number
1907,1015.213
Conservation
Treatment
: 06 Jul 2010