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Alabaster model knife

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Alabaster model knife, rectangular, with bevelled end; used in the opening of the mouth ritual.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_7421
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Tools & Equipment-Ritual implements
  • Findspot
    From tomb near the Eastern Cemetery
  • Material
    Calcite/Alabaster
  • Dimensions
    2.0 x 7.5 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_47926
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/853
  • Period
    Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4
  • Excavator
    Tewfik Boulos (Effendi)
  • Notes
    Found by Tewfik Boulos, July 7, 1923.
  • Remarks
    ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_47926; EMC_SR_2.853

People 1

Modern People

  • Tewfik Boulos (Effendi)

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates
    • Remarks Antiquities inspector. After 1924, Chief Inspector of the Department of Antiquities in Egypt.