Gold foil amulet of phallus
Gold foil amulet of phallus. Illustration: No
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- ID
- EMC_JE_56967
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
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- Findspot
- Pit G 7757 A, debris of room IV
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- Material
- Gold
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- Dimensions
- overall HUMFA_29-11-258 (multiple objects) Width0.9-1.4 cm; 1.4-2.1 cm; Lengths 0.8-1.9 cm; 1.9-3.8 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
- HUMFA_29-12-258
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_7/5174
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- Date of Register Entry
- 11/22/1929
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Notes
- HUMFA_29-11-258: One gold foil penis sheath, four scraps of gold foil with impressed design, three gold foil nail sheaths accessioned as MFA 29.2616; unidentified gold foil object (amulet of phallus?) in collection of Egyptian Museum, Cairo (EMC_JE_56967).
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Type Object owned by