Nail or Chisel

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodOld Kingdom

Date2543-2120 BCE

MediumCopper

Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget

Dimensions1/4 x 4 7/16 x 1/4 in. (0.6 x 11.3 x 0.6 cm)

Object numberX.0002.027

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, May 14, 2013 - September 23, 2022
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 27, 2024 - Present
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 1.

ProvenanceCollected for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959).

Status

On view

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