Artefact

49.47.582

Information

Metal rod passing through two pierced sheets of metal, with the appearance of an axle. Purpose uncertain and date not known. Appears in the 1949 purchase list as "3 bronze fragments, tomb 340 Esna 1906 (U. Egypt)". Also noted on an earleir database as being from Abydos. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Treated, very corroded.