Shell saw
Saw made from a shell. Photograph: yes.
Details
- ID
- EMC_JE_93146
- Alternate IDs
- JE_93146; EMC_JE_93146; KK_exc_1155; exc_1155; EMC_SR_2/18254; SR_2/18254
- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Classification
- Tools & equipment-Woodworking and stoneworking
- Period
- Early Dynastic Period
- Title
- Shell saw
- Medium
- Shell
- Dimensions
- L 11.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
- Provenance
- S of Menkaure "Gateway"(?), quadrant K. Based on Plan 1 in Kromer, Nezlet Batran, the area excavated seems to be south of Menkaure Valley Temple and modern Muslim cemetery.
- Notes
- From excavations of Karl Kromer, Innsbruck University, 1975.
- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XX_Sp011LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Karl Kromer; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): KK_exc_1155