IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 49597 accession number: E.37b.1898 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Glazed quartz plaque. The object does not have an obvious function and it is possibly a foundation plaque (a dedication made by the King at a new temple). There are traces of a glaze on top of the stone and so the appearance is similar to 'faience' , which is a crushed quartz with glass-like glaze covering the surface. title: cult object LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49597 TECHNIQUES ---------- carved TECHNIQUES ---------- glazed CATEGORIES ------ category: worked stone DATING ------ creation date: 3000 - 2500 creation date earliest: 3000 creation date latest: 2500 culture: Predynastic culture: Early Dynastic Period DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 4.8 dimension: Width units: cm value: 2.2 CITATIONS -------- Hierakonpolis II ---