Cramp - label reads: 'Wooden cramp from Hawara used for cramping stone together, found in crocodile tombs c. 400-500 BC. Acquired from F.Petrie 7 July 1888'. Crack runs through the top of the cramp (from the right), but otherwise wood in good condition.
Cramp
Depth: 3.1 cm
Length: 33.5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
5th Century BC
-0500
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-0401
Accession number: E.96.1932
Primary reference Number: 52826
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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