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Execration figures
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
2350–2170 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Cemetery 2000
Medium/Technique
Unbaked mud
Dimensions
Height (average) x width (average) x depth (average): 5.2 x 2.2 x 0.55 cm (2 1/16 x 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number07.1025
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
DescriptionMud tags representing stylized human beings with black ink hieratic inscriptions giving names. Seventy whole and twenty fragmentary pieces.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, cemetery 2000. 1907:excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.