Rope fragments

Museum number:
6-1750
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Accession number:
Acc.54
Description:
Rope fragments. 0.7 cm 2-strand right laid, tied in square knot, 0.7 cm 2-strand left-laid, ties in square knot, 0.8 cm 3-strand left laid, 0.8 cm 4-strand left-laid, ties in partly disintegrated knot which may have resembled reverse hitches
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 3756 (256), Cemetery 3500, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
Cemetery 3500; Tomb 256
Culture or time period:
2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC) and 3rd Dynasty of Egypt (2686–2125 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Organic material
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Ropes
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rope fragments, accession number 6-1750, described as Rope fragments. 0.7 cm 2-strand right laid, tied in square knot, 0.7 cm 2-strand left-laid, ties in square knot, 0.8 cm 3-strand left laid, 0.8 cm 4-strand left-laid, ties in partly disintegrated knot which may have resembled reverse hitchesDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rope fragments, accession number 6-1750, described as Rope fragments. 0.7 cm 2-strand right laid, tied in square knot, 0.7 cm 2-strand left-laid, ties in square knot, 0.8 cm 3-strand left laid, 0.8 cm 4-strand left-laid, ties in partly disintegrated knot which may have resembled reverse hitches

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