foundation-deposit;
plaque
- Museum number
- EA55564
- Description
-
Chalcedony rod with spiral surface grooves, a model of a survey-pole from a foundation deposit.
- Dimensions
-
Length: 2.70 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- These rod shaped objects, models of the survey-pole as shown held by the goddess Seshat in foundation rituals, occur occasionally in foundation deposits; other examples are known from Naukratis, Tell el-Balamun and Kom el-Hisn.
- Location
- On display (G65/dc11)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1922
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA55564
- Registration number
- 1922,0513.191
