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Copper alloy chisel
Point chisel, used for carving stone.
Depth: 0.9 cm
Height: 15.4 cm
Width: 1 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1926)
by
Egypt Exploration Society
First Dynasty
Early Dynastic Period
Circa
-3000
-
Circa
-2890
Accession number: E.7a.1926
Primary reference Number: 52370
Oldadmincategory: MW
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Copper alloy chisel"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/52370 Accessed: 2022-05-29 09:52:54
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Accession Number: E.7b.1926
Accession Number: GR.203.1907
Accession Number: E.GA.3492.1943
Accession Number: E.GA.4398.1943
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