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Bangle Predynastic, Naqada IIHierakonpolis (Nekhen)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 35.7.38. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 35.7.38
Find spot: Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Predynastic, Naqada II
Date: ca. 3650–3300 B.C.
Date range: 3650 BCE – 3300 BCE
Materials: ['shell (marine)']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Bangle (35.7.38). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/24722

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Bracelet (bangle). Predynastic, Naqada II, ca. 3650–3300 B.C. Shell (marine). 5.3 cm. From: Fort Cemetery (Hk 27), Tomb 107, Hierakonpolis (Nekhen), Southern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1935.

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Found at Hierakonpolis (Nekhen)

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