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Attachment feather for a large crown Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. X.439. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: X.439
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: ca. 595–30 B.C.
Date range: 595 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['bronze']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Attachment feather for a large crown (X.439). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/216807

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Headdress attachment, feather. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, ca. 595–30 B.C. Bronze. H. 29.9 ×W. 9 × D. 3.5 cm (11 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.). Probably from: Temple, enclosure, southern part. Credit: Museum Accession.

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Materials Bronze-Like Metal

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