Toy Basket with Contents, Late Period, Dynasty 25–26, ca. 712–525 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Court, among intrusive burials, 1920–22, Palm fibre, reed, Diam. 6 × H. 5.8 cm (2 3/8 × 2 5/16 in.), Found buried near a child, this small basket of palm fiber contained assorted trinkets: strings of shells, beads, and amulets of various materials; a faience finger ring; glass stud; a gold-mounted steatite scaraboid; a ball of mud containing human hair; a silver amulet wrapped in scrap of linen; two fragments of knotted string, the longer one with hair tied on one end;and a flake of red stone
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Toy Basket, Contents, Late Period, Dynasty 25–26, ca, 712–525 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple, Mentuhotep II, Court, intrusive burials, 1920–22, Palm fibre, reed, Diam, 6, H, 5.8 cm, 2 3/8, 5/16, buried, child, small basket, palm fiber, contained, assorted, trinkets, strings, shells, beads, amulets, various materials, faience finger, ring, glass stud, gold-mounted steatite, scaraboid, ball, mud containing, human, hair, silver amulet, wrapped, scrap, linen, two fragments, knotted string, longer, hair tied, flake, red stone
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