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: Egyptology

: drum

: Dendereh

: Inscribed stone drum. A roughly cylindrical piece of pale-buff stone with slightly tapering edges and one end has been chipped. There is an insciption in a rectangle on one side 'Shenkhnema'. Translation: The protection for Khnemi (Dodson, Aidan)

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Dendara (Dendera, Dendereh), Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: 2181-1985 BC

: First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom

: Given by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1898.