Egyptian box fragment with inscription

An image of Miscellaneous equipment. Box fragment. Panel with inscription, possibly from a box, with unmodelled back, curved top, with two fixing holes, rectangular bottom with one hold, two holes in right hand edge to take dowels from next panel. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.125 m, length 0.007 m, width 0.031 m.

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Miscellaneous equipment. Box fragment. Panel with inscription, possibly from a box, with unmodelled back, curved top, with two fixing holes, rectangular bottom with one hold, two holes in right hand edge to take dowels from next panel. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, height 0.125 m, length 0.007 m, width 0.031 m.

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Accession Number: E.GA.5843.1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 540 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 267.34kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:02:13 10:43:51

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Ancient Egypt antiquity box carved Egyptian equipment Fitz_ANT fragment inscribed inscriptions panel wood wooden

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