Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
- Made:
- 1931; 250 BCE in Cairo
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Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod [531 mm] inscribed with six main divisions [87-89 mm] and smaller subdivisions at each end. Made from the original found at Dendera and thought to be Ptolemaic [c. 250 BC]. Now held at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1931-149
- Measurements:
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overall: 27 x 531 x 27 mm
- credit:
- Service des Antiquites, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
