Toy top

Description

Wooden spinning top toy with iron peg: Ancient Egyptian, Oxyrhynchus, Middle Egypt, Roman Period, c. 30 BC - AD 395

Museum reference

A.1904.134.83

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Toy top

Production information

Oxyrhynchus, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood, Iron

Collection place(s)

Oxyrhynchus, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Egypt Exploration Fund
Excavator: Grenfell, Bernard Pyne, 1869 - 1926
Excavator: Hunt, Arthur Surridge, 1871 - 1934

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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