Scale from Armor, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1353 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III

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Scale from Armor, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1353 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, 1910–11, Bronze, average l. ca. cm (4 1/2 in), Although bronze and iron scales have been found in Egypt, body armor—a foreign import—was probably not commonly worn there. Two sets of armor appear in a presentation scene in the tomb of Kenamun at Thebes, and a cuirass of leather scales was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun

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