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Tweezers ending in hands Late PeriodAsasif

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 31.3.111b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 31.3.111b
Find spot: Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27–30
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['iron']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Tweezers ending in hands (31.3.111b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/209879

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Late Period, Dynasty 27–30, 664–332 B.C. Iron. L. 18 cm (7 1/16 in.). From: Tomb MMA 812, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1931.

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Found at Asasif

Materials Iron

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