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Accession_Number 23.11.30
Shape Nail
Shape_description
Material Bronze
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Long nail, rounded top, thicker and rounded at top than at bottom, bottom sqaured.
Inscriptions
Condition Metal corroded. Crooked, bent in two places in the middle and at the bottom.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0545.jpg
Top view of a the side of a Bronze nail, showing bends.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 13.7
Diameters Head 1.3; upper part 0.7; lower part 0.3
Handle_height
Other_dims. Length from top of nail to first bend 7.0cm; from first bend to second bend 4.5cm; from end of second bend to end of nail 2.2cm.
Location Myth and religion
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Kinsey
Date_edited 16.07.2003; 11.01.2006
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