Cowrie shell, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC, From Egypt; Possibly from Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Shell, l. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in); w. 2.2 cm (7/8 in); d. 1.1 cm (7/16 in), Cowries are known from the very earliest times in Egypt, but this shell - from a Ptolemaic burial at Akhmim - testifies to their continued significance through the millennia. The shell was found next to the head of a male mummy adorned with cartonnage ornaments and inside a wooden coffin
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Cowrie shell, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC, Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim, Khemmis, Panopolis, Shell, l, 2.9 cm, 1 1/8, w, 2.2, 7/8, d, 1.1, 7/16, Cowries, earliest times, shell, burial, testifies, continued significance, millennia, next, head, male mummy adorned, cartonnage ornaments, inside, wooden coffin
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