Fingerprints in Egyptian Clay
- Date:
- 14th Century BC
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/11/6/2
- Part of:
- Sets of Fingerprints
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Ancient Egyptian clay mould, marked with the print of a palm of a small hand. A label by Galton states that the mould dates from around 1400 BC at Tell el Amarna and was given to him by the Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1894.
Publication/Creation
14th Century BC
Physical description
1 object in a box
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.