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Limestone pendant: E.A.21

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Limestone pendant

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Description

In the form of a hippopotamus

Measurements and weight

Length: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1899) by Petrie, W. M. F. ?

Dating

Nagada II & Predynastic period
Circa -3500 - Circa -3000

Materials used in production

Limestone

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.A.21
Primary reference Number: 49912
Oldadmincategory: A
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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