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Reproduction
Object Category
bones (animal), animal remains
Description
Fossilised vertebra of large mammal with gravel embedded in the vertebral foramen. Presented by Guy Brunton: probably from one of the great deposits of hippopotamus bone, unworked and worked, found at Qau.
Collection Place
Qau
Collection Place Notes
one of the great hippopotamus bone deposits?
Production Period
(possible) New Kingdom
Material
bone
Dimensions
Associated Person
Brunton, Guy (Donor)
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC13300
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology