Reproduction
chisels
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Copper chisel of Imbu originally inscribed with column of hieroglyphs giving the name Imbu, now largely destroyed by excessive cleaning about 1938; hole made near blade by Petrie to test the metal. Analysed at UCL Institute of Archaeology post 1966 (Colclough), see analysis file.
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- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, The Metals in Egypt
- Odler, Martin, Copper in Ancient Egypt: Before, during and after the Pyramid Age, 382
- Thomas, Angela P., Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt, 21
() Early Middle Kingdom
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LDUCE-UC14240
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
