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Object Number 14-63-50/B545
Display Title Carved tusk (hippopotamus)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone ornament, carved tusk, broken, salts on surface
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Egyptian
  • Predynastic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt
Additional Geographic Terms Keneh; Mesaeed
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm (3 15/16 x 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object B545

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