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Accession_Number E.65.6
Shape door bolt
Shape_description door bolt
Material Wood
Fabric Egyptian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Wooden door bolt
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, although clearly not complete even though it is unclear what it once belonged to. There is however little degridation of the wood.
Technique/Style Carved
Provenance
Period
Date Unknown
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.98.0075.jpg
Above view of Egyptian Representation of the hieroglyph for the bolt of a door.

2002.98.0076.jpg
Close-up view of the knot in the Egyptian representation of the hieroglyph for the bolt of a door.
Comparanda Petrie UC63789; UC7273
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 22.8
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. 1.9 (max.); Th. 1.9 (max.)
Location Death
Edited_by Leigh; Kinsey; Julia; Jayne
Date_edited 21.08.2002; 06.01.2006; 10.05.2016; 16.12.2025
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