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View full screenContainer made from the horn of a cow with ivory inlay, the large end is closed with a ivory disk and the tip has an ivory fitting carved in the shape of a bird's head with flint beak, topped with a spoon : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, 2nd Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, c.1585-1545 BC
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Egypt, Northern Africa
17th Dynasty, 2nd Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian
Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Excavator: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Professor Sir, 1853 - 1942
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Qurneh / by W.M. Flinders Petrie. London, B.S.A.E. & B. Quaritch, 1909, 6 - 10
H. J. Kantor - 1999 - Plant Ornament in the Ancient Near East (Oriental Institute), p. 186, fig. V.66.
Maitland, Margaret, Daniel M. Potter, and Lore Troalen 2022. The burial of the "Qurna Queen". In Miniaci, Gianluca and Peter Lacovara (eds), The treasure of the Egyptian queen Ahhotep and international relations at the turn of the Middle Bronze Age (1600-1500 BCE), 205-233. London: Golden House
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