Bow Drill with Bronze Bit

Made:
circa 1370 BCE in Amarna
maker:
Ancient Egyptian people

Bow drill with bronze drill, date about 1370 BC, found at Tel El Amarna, Upper Egypt, in winter season of 1921-22.

Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1922-541
Materials:
wood, fibre and bronze
Measurements:
stock: 50 x 36 mm
bit: 163 x 5 mm
bow: 362 x 14 mm
weight: 0.735kg
weight: 1.62041lbs
type:
bow drills, drills and hand tools
credit:
Egypt Exploration Society

Parts

Bronze Drill bit from Bow Drill, 1370BC

Bronze Drill bit from Bow Drill, 1370BC

Bronze drill, date about 1370 BC, found at Tel El Amarna, Upper Egypt, in winter season of 1921-22.

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Object Number:
1922-541/2
type:
drill bit
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wooden Component from Bow Drill, 1370 BC

Wooden Component from Bow Drill, 1370 BC

Wooden drill bit holder from Bow drill with bronze drill, date about 1370 BC, found at Tel El Amarna, Upper Egypt, in winter season of 1921-22.

Object Number:
1922-541/3
type:
component
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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