В музее Питри (Petrie Museum) находится несколько египетских пинцетов, о некоторых сообщается, что они периода ранних династий:
| Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology |
| Object group - tweezers |
Description - Copper tweezer, pointed variety. Half way down the jaws the metal thickens quite considerably. |
| Period - Early Dynastic Period - сейчас этот период считается 2900-2695 гг. до н.э |
| Found at - |
| Material - copper |
| Measurements - thickness 0.4 cm ; width 0.5 cm ; height 10.7 cm |
| Object group - tweezers |
Description - Copper tweezers, pointed variety. Wide hinge. |
| Period - Early Dynastic Period ? (2750BCE-3100BCE) |
| Found at - |
| Material - copper |
| Measurements - thickness 0.3 cm ; width 0.4 cm ; height 7.0 cm |
| Object group - tweezers |
Description - Copper tweezers with wide hinge and narrowing jaws. At one point the jaws are made of a thicker metal. This thickness continues towards the blunt ends. |
| Period - Early Dynastic Period |
| Found at - |
| Material - copper |
| Measurements - thickness 0.4 cm ; width 1.1 cm ; height 6.4 cm |
На основе этих ранних прототипов возник целый класс предметов разных назначений:
| Object group - tweezers |
Description - Bronze tweezers with wide jaws. |
| Period - New Kingdom (1350BCE-1550BCE) |
| Found at - |
| Material - bronze |
| Measurements - thickness 0.2 cm ; width 1.5 cm ; height 7.4 cm |
| Object group - tweezers |
Description - Bronze tweezers with wide jaws and a pinched top. Just below the top decorative dots run in a line down the jaws. At the bottom of the jaws three lines of dots run across. |
| Period - New Kingdom (1350BCE-1550BCE) |
| Found at - |
| Material - copper |
| Measurements - thickness 0.1 cm ; width 0.9 cm ; height 67.8 cm |
