Object: Needles
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Late Lord Amherst of Hackney, FSA,Sotheby's 17.vi.21, Lot 827
Site: Egypt,City of Akhenaten (Tell el Amarna)
Discovery context: auction
Country: Egypt
Year of discovery: 1891
Length (mm): A 43.5; B 102.5
Thickness (mm): A about 1 3/4; B. 2 to 2.5
Weight (g): A 1.17; B 1.98
Patina: A. A matte light green patina; B. light green patina
Surface: A. smooth with traces of encrustment. B. smooth + slightly encrusted.
Associations: There are 11 others, much about the same size of the larger one, although some are broken about half way + nearly all have broken eyes (they measure from 73 to 121).
Description: A. seems to be complete and is well preserved, but the point is missing from B. They are round in section except where the eye is + here they are oval.
Remarks: Discovered by Lord Amherst 1891/2