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Title: Two Coffin Nails (one silver, one gold)
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62), Carnarvon / Carter
Medium: Silver with gilded head; gold
Dimensions: Silver nail: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); Gold nail: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Howard Carter, 1926
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