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Low stool Middle KingdomMeir

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 12.182.57. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 12.182.57
Find spot: Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Date range: 1981 BCE – 1802 BCE
Materials: ['wood', 'rush\r\nreed']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Wood, rush Reed. H. 12.7 cm (5 in); W. 39 cm (15 3/8 in); D. 39 cm (15 3/8 in). From: Meir, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–11. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912.

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Found at Meir

Materials Wood

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116248153 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 12.182.57 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 544253 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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