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Summary

: H1683

: Egyptology

: awl

: drill

: Rectangular body which tapers to a square end (which would have been in a wooden handle), and tapers to a splayed point for making holes.

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Current Location

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Mackay Collection

: Gurob (Ghurab), Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: 1550-1295 BC

: New Kingdom

: Purchased, 1919.

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