Chisel

Museum number:

6-1113a,b

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

1527-4 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.54

Description:

Copper implement (chisel), thick, narrow blade at end, at right angle to broad plane, length 18 cm.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Tomb 1527 (27), Cemetery 1500, Naga-ed-Der

Verbatim coll. place:

Cemetery 1500 Tomb 27

Culture or time period:

18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC) and 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)

Collector:

George Andrew Reisner

Collection date:

1901

Materials:

Copper (metal)

Object type:

archaeology

Accession date:

October 8, 1902

Department:

Ancient Egypt

Dimensions:

b— length 4.3 centimeters, a— length 12.8 centimeters, mended— height 1.5 centimeters, mended— length 17.4 centimeters, b— height 1.1 centimeters, mended— width 2.8 centimeters, a— height 0.6 centimeters, b— width 1.4 centimeters, and a— width 2.3 centimeters

Comment:

Conservation mended a and b together. It is now a single piece.

Loans:

S1966-1967 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/A. Van Dusen Eggers (January 2, 1967–unknown), S1968-1969 #9: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 28, 1967–August 9, 1968), and S1978-1979 #54: California State University, Chico (March 27, 1979–February 22, 1980)

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