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Source Description
This fragment of a well-known type of sppon (ointment or eye-paint container) is in the shape of a left hand supporting a shell. The long, thin fingers are unarticulated. The thumb and tips of the fingers are missing, but there is a deep indentation in the palm. There is a dowel hole for attaching another piece.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
32351
label
Hand
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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32351
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Hand
description
This fragment of a well-known type of sppon (ointment or eye-paint container) is in the shape of a left hand supporting a shell. The long, thin fingers are unarticulated. The thumb and tips of the fingers are missing, but there is a deep indentation in the palm. There is a dowel hole for attaching another piece.
provenance
[Old number: ""1230""]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, lot 679; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1580-1085 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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spoons
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
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med
bone
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6182
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EGY
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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