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Specimen of mortar from the Great Pyramid Old KingdomGiza

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 23.187. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 23.187
Find spot: Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 4
Reign: reign of Khufu
Date: ca. 2551–2528 B.C.
Date range: 2551 BCE – 2528 BCE
Materials: ['mortar (shell', 'quartz', 'bricks)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Specimen of mortar from the Great Pyramid (23.187). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/212464

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Mortar fragment, Giza Pyramid. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, ca. 2551–2528 B.C. Mortar (shell, quartz, bricks). L. 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.); W. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); D. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). From: Pyramid Complex of Khufu, Pyramid, between core blocks, north side, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Credit: Anonymous Gift, 1924.

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