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Heavy stone chisel (dolerite?). Photograph: yes.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_59634
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
  • Findspot
    Sphinx
  • Material
    Dolerite (?)
  • Dimensions
    L 24 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_3/2381
  • Excavator
    Émile Baraize, French, 1874–1952
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of Emile Baraize.
  • Remarks
    RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XII_Sp157LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Emile Baraize; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • Sphinx

    • Site Name Sphinx Complex

People 1

Modern People

  • Émile Baraize

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates French, 1874–1952
    • Remarks French engineer working for the Service des Antiquities who excavated around the Sphinx from 1926-1936.

Institutions 1