IDENTIFIERS
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id:	52376
accession number:	E.9.1926

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 25 September 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: bodkin
object type: A thin piece of copper alloy (with a square profile). Both ends of the object taper to a point that is rounded. The object curves slightly creating a bend in its overall shape. Bodkins were used for [..]

Examples of bodkins from ancient Egypt appear to have mostly been made from ivory, bone, and bronze, and are typically straight.
It is not clear whether this curve was created intentionally as there are several undulations/bends in the material at various points along the surface. Despite this, an example of a curved bronze bodkin can be found at the British Museum (EA57986).
title:	bodkin

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities
creditline: Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1926

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/52376





CATEGORIES
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category: tool
category: implement

DATING
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culture:	1st Dynasty
culture:	Early Dynastic Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: m
value: 0.109

dimension: Width
units: m
value: 0.005



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Made in Ancient Egypt
IMAGES

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