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The Bulawyo Stone: Loan Ant.105

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 23

Titles

The Bulawyo Stone

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Description

Stele, with javelin, bull or antelope head, dragon head, bull head, Hadhrami text

Notes

History note: Gift from the Sultan of Lahej

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.115 m
Height: 0.308 m
Width: 0.453 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1993) by Hadad, Wadih

Dating

251 CE - 300 CE

Materials used in production

Limestone

Identification numbers

Accession number: Loan Ant.105
Primary reference Number: 160177
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 14 December 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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