Bits of Copper Ore in Linen Cloth
Object type: Fragment, copper ore in linen
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2124–2000 B.C.
Medium: linen, copper ore
Dimensions: Dish: Dia. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 839
Locus: inside basket 31.3.51a, b
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931