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Cowrie shell

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Date

332–30 BC

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Shell, cowrie, from mummy of Reh (?)

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Title

Cowrie shell

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Material

Shell

Dimensions

l. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in); w. 2.2 cm (7/8 in); d. 1.1 cm (7/16 in);
depth: 1.1centimetre;
width: 2.2centimetre

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Date

332–30 BC

Provenance

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Style Period

Ptolemaic Period

Rights

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Public Domain

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Location

Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Northern Upper Egypt

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Cowrie shell, 332–30 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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