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Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
Findspot: Egypt, Assiut, W 945

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Length: 71.5 cm (28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Emily Esther Sears Fund
Accession Number04.1784
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishingArmor

DescriptionWood; four holes along edge.
ProvenanceFrom Asyut. 1903: excavated by Emile Gaston Chassinat and Charles Palanque for the Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, Cairo; 1904: purchased for the MFA by Albert M. Lythgoe.