Rope
This is a piece of papyrus rope which was discovered at the ancient Egyptian stone quarry of Tura in Egypt. The rope would have been used in moving the blocks of stone.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 85/1999/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Material
- papyrus
- Common Name
- rope
- Simple Name
- rope
- Period Classification
- Old Kingdom (Dynasties 4-8) - 2613-2160 BC
