Fluted Clam Shell Used for Storing or Grinding Cosmetics
Object type: Cosmetic Shell
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom ?
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Medium: Shell (Tridacna squamosa)
Dimensions: L. 9.3 × W. 5.6 × H. 2.8 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Courtyard CC 41, Tomb R 6
Locus: Room E (?), not assoc. with any burial
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915–16
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession year: 1932