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Limestone game ball

Details

ID
MMA_07.231.1e
Alternate IDs
MMA_07.231.1e; 07.231.1e
Department
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Classification
Recreational equipment
Period
Early Dynastic Period - Old Kingdom, Dynasty 2 - Dynasty 3
Title
Game ball
Medium
Limestone
Credit Line
MMA, Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1907
Provenance
Covington's Tomb
Notes
Excavated by the Egyptian Research Account and the British School of Archaeology in Egypt at Giza. Received by the ERA and the BSAE from the Egyptian government in the division of finds. Allotted to the Museum, 1907.

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