Digital Giza | Cowrie shell

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7762

Cowrie shell; silver stained. Illustration: No

ID

EMC_JE_56965
Department

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

Pit G 7762 S, small body in coffin, ankles
Material

Shell, silver
Dimensions

average Length 1.8 cm
Credit Line

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number

HUMFA_29-12-240h (1)
Cairo Special Register number

EMC_SR_7/5172
Date of Register Entry

[12/13/1929]
Object owned by

Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Notes

12 cowrie shells registered as HUMFA_29-12-240h (1); 11 in collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (unaccessioned), one in Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56965).
Remarks

Coffin and mummy (29-12-240) were removed from burial chamber on December 13 (see diary Vol.24.p.1000).

Cowrie shell