Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2360, G 2382, G 2381, G 2360, G 2353, G 2378, G 2385, G 2374, G 2334, G 2384, G 2370
Copper needles, one whole and fragments of five others; broken needles shorter and finer. Illustration: Yes
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- ID
- HUMFA_12-11-51
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Textile-making
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- Findspot
- Pit G 2353 B
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- Material
- Copper
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- Dimensions
- Width: complete needle head: 5 mm; complete needle shaft: 1.5 - 4 cm Length: complete needle: 9.2 cm Thickness: complete needle: 3 mm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/15/1912
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 37.
ID: HUMFA_A992_NS
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2360, G 2382, G 2381, G 2360, G 2353, G 2378, G 2385, G 2374, G 2334, G 2384, G 2370
Description: Miscellaneous flints, and copper, wood, bone, mud objects: top row: [G 2360 A] 12-11-11a (= MFA 13.3452, one of three flints), [G 2382] 12-12-6 (flint), [G 2381] 12-12-18 (flint), [G 2382] 12-12-21b (upper, flint), 12-12-21a (lower, flint), [G 2360 A] 12-11-12 (upper item, glass paste inlay), 12-11-13 (middle item, glass paste inlay), [G 2353 B] 12-11-51 (lower item, copper needles), [G 2378] 12-12-41 (= MFA 13.3457, dried mud plummet), [G 2370 A] 12-11-30 (copper handle ?); middle row, left: [G 2385 A] 12-12-85 (upper item, alabaster), [G 2382] 12-12-112 (middle item, alabaster), [G 2334 X] 13-1-525 (= MFA 13.5136, lower item, copper needle or drill), [G 2381 B] 12-12-171 (flint), [G 2360 A] 12-11-19 (gilded copper); middle row, right: [G 2385 room B] 12-12-190 (= MFA 13.3455, bone awl), [G 2384] 12-12-36 (= MFA 13.3456, bone spatula), [G 2370 A] 12-11-30 (copper knives); bottom row: [G 2385 A] 12-12-105 (= MFA 13.3441, upper item, wood), 12-12-106 (lower item, wood forearm with hand), [G 2381 B] 12-12-170 (bone), [G 2385 S2] 12-12-43b (wood arm)
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