Copper knife
Copper rectangular knife.
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- ID
- GEM_6239
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- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Classification
- Tools & Equipment-Knives, Blades, Scrapers
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- Findspot
- G 7000 X
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- Material
- Copper
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- Dimensions
- 0.4 x 3.3 x 6.4 cm; 39 g
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- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
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- Journal d'Entree number
- EMC_JE_52415
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_1/10139
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- Hetepheres findspot number
- HH_751
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
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- Excavator
- George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
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- Notes
- Discovered 1925 A large portion of Special Register section 7 (volumes 13-16) was originally misnumbered, with the object numbers following in sequence from section 1 volume 4; these numbers have thus been given EMC_SR_1 prefixes, despite being recorded in section 7.
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- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_52415; EMC_SR_1.10139; HH_751; RELATED OBJECTS: MFAB_Vol.18.p.419; MFAB_Vol.19.p.514
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
- Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.