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Furniture in New Kingdom Egypt
In the early New Kingdom(about 1550-1350 BC) it became the custom to place objects of daily life in the tombs. These objects include furniture. There is no other period with such a high number of well preserved items of furniture.
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headrests
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fragments from Gurob
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leg of a stool
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leg of chair
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part of a box, Sedment
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gilt inlay (?), found at Qurneh
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bone and ivory inlays of boxes (?); unknown provenance;
the dating into the New Kingdom is not always certain
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