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Copper alloy cobra 'wand'
Uraeus (cobra). Found with magical texts and implements in tomb 5, under the Ramesseum at Thebes.
Length: 28 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1896) by the Egyptian Research Account
Middle Kingdom
Circa
-2055
BCE
-
Circa
-1650
BCE
Head Length 22 cm
bronze Copper alloy
Accession number: E.63.1896
Primary reference Number: 49493
Oldadmincategory: MW
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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