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Cowrie shell Ptolemaic PeriodAkhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. O.C.2d. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: O.C.2d
Find spot: Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Northern Upper Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 BC
Date range: 332 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['shell']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Cowrie shell (O.C.2d). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/213090

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Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC. Shell. l. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in); w. 2.2 cm (7/8 in); d. 1.1 cm (7/16 in). Possibly from: Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Northern Upper Egypt. Credit: Museum Accession.

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Found at Akhmim

Materials Shell

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Wikidata-Q Q116272953 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number O.C.2d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 570235 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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