Embalmer's Needle
Object type: Embalmer's Needle
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Medium: Wood (tamarisk?)
Dimensions: L. 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: East of Pabasa
Locus: Embalmers' Cache B
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1918–19
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931