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Spindle Late Antique PeriodSaqqara

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1979E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1979E
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Antique Period
Date: 313–642 C.E.
Date range: 313 CE – 642 CE
Materials: ['Wood']
Height: 4.2 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Spindle (37.1979E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17412

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Caption: Spindle, 313–642 C.E.. Wood, Diam. 1 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (4.2 x 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1979E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))

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Found at Saqqara

Materials Wood

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BKM-Accession 37.1979E tier-2
BKM-Object 118482 tier-2

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