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Strainer fragments Third Intermediate PeriodTell Basta (Bubastis)

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 07.228.252a–k. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 07.228.252a–k
Find spot: Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–22
Date: ca. 1070–712 B.C.
Date range: 1070 BCE – 712 BCE
Materials: ['silver']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Strainer fragments (07.228.252a–k). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/60778

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Vessel fragment, "Tell Basta Treasure". Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–22, ca. 1070–712 B.C. Silver. From: Tell Basta (Bubastis), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1907.

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Found at Tell Basta (Bubastis)

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