Plummet

Description

Double-coned calcite plumb bob, perforated for suspension: Ancient Egyptian, possibly Late Period-Ptolemaic, c.664 - 30 BC

Museum reference

A.1911.382

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Plummet

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian
Late Period

Materials

Alabaster

Physical description

Alabaster

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Formerly in this collection: Hilton Price Collection
Previous owner: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909

Exhibitions

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

References

A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F.G. Hilton Price (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1897), p. 446, no. 3759.

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered