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Late Period
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Discovered in the Palace of Apries at Memphis, these pieces of scale armor may have been used for gauntlets. In five cases, scales of copper alloy were adhering to iron scales, as if armor of both materials had lain against one another.
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Title: Armor Scales
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Reign: reign of Apries
Date: 589–570 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Palace of Apries, BSAE excavations
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy; iron
Dimensions: Largest L. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of The Egyptian Research Account and British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1909
Accession Number: 09.183.7a–v
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