Reproduction
Object Category
prick points
Description
Tool set identified as a "stock of seven prick points" for removing thorns, bronze; three bound together with thread, a fourth with thread round; three separate; cleaned and treated. No information on findplace within Madinat al-Ghurab; purpose and date uncertain.
Collection Place
Gurob
Publications
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Tools and Weapons, cf. p.51
- Thomas, Angela P., Gurob: a New Kingdom town: introduction and catalogue of objects in the Petrie Collection, Vol. 1 cat. no. 472.
- Erin Ingram, Tattooing and Scarification in Ancient Nubia: Teenage Rebellion or Cultural Norm
- Angel, Gemma, Tattoing in Ancient Egypt [blog]
- Booth, Charlotte, Possible Tattooing Instruments in the Petrie Museum
Production Period
(possible) 18th Dynasty
Material
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC7790
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
