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Toe and finger stalls
Toe and finger stalls
Artist : Anonymous

Relationship with : Menhet
Menwai
Merti

Material : Gold
XVIIIème dynastie
Item 42 on 45
Ancient Egypt
Funerary object (Recouvre doigts et orteils)

Vitrine : 2 (Ref. 04a)

Area related
Qurna (Egypte)



Description   

The gold finger and toe stalls must have been standard elements of a royal burial during this period, for similar ones were found on the hands and feet of the mummy of the King Tutanhkamun, who lived some 200 years later in the Dynasty.
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