Slate shell

Museum number:
6-18376
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060018376
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
[inventory.: shell carved out of slate]
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 260, Cemetery 100, El Ahaiwah
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb 260
Culture or time period:
Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900
Materials:
Slate (rock) (stone)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Slate shell, accession number 6-18376, described as [inventory.: shell carved out of slate]

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