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Pencase, pen and eraser

Category:

Date:

1st cent. BCE to 1st cent. CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Umm El-Brigat (Tebtonis/Tebtunis) (excavations of the Ifao and the University of Milan, 1995 season)

Material(s):

Height:

1 cm;

Length:

13.5 cm;

Width:

3 cm

Hall:

Ancient Egyptian Antiquities, showcase 2

The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References

Claudio Gallazzi, “Due campagne di scavo a Umm-el-Breigât (Tebtynis): 1995 e 1996”, Acme 50, no. 3 (1997): 29, fig. 9.
Claudio Gallazzi, “Lo scavo di una discarica a Umm-el-Breigât (Tebtynis), ovvero, le sorprese del pattume”, NAC 27 (1998): 197.
Claudio Gallazzi and Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, Trésors inattendus: 30 ans de fouilles et de coopération à Tebtynis (Fayoum), Bibliothèque générale 57 (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2019): 253, no. 168.
Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 30.
Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 54, 316.

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