prick points

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.

Gurob

- 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

() 18th Dynasty

LDUCE-UC7790

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology