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Copper tool: rectangular razor

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2150

Rectangular piece of copper (razor [= rectangular razor imitating truncated pyramidal flint form]); in three fragments. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-1-50
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2150 A, debris of chamber
  • Material
    Copper
  • Dimensions
    Width: 2.7 cm Length: 4.7 cm Thickness: .1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 33.1055
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/13/1933
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 2150

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 443, fig. 267, p. 445.