Broken needle

Museum number:
6-19178
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
metal needle, broken and bent; length 4.5 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Broken (damaged) and Needles (piercing tools)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 1 millimeters and length 44 millimeters
Comment:
Ptolemaic or Roman
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Broken needle, accession number 6-19178, described as metal needle, broken and bent; length 4.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Broken needle, accession number 6-19178, described as metal needle, broken and bent; length 4.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Broken needle, accession number 6-19178, described as metal needle, broken and bent; length 4.5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Broken needle, accession number 6-19178, described as metal needle, broken and bent; length 4.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broken needle, accession number 6-19178, described as metal needle, broken and bent; length 4.5 cm

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