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Metal in the Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC)
Gold working in particular reached a very high standard in the Middle Kingdom
(compare jewellery)
(click on the images for the archaeological context or for a larger version;
a red marked field indicates a link to a typology)
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shells, made in electrum (gold silver alloy - all unprovenanced)
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other metal works
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mirrors
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a copper knife
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(model) tools
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fishing hooks
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chisels
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dagger
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metal figure
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foundation deposit, Lahun
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from Lahun
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unprovenanced tools
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Bibliography:
Davies 1987: 111 (chemical analysis of UC 16324)