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Furniture element: E.47.1900

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Current Location: Gallery 20

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Description

Leg of a stool, in form of bull's leg

Measurements and weight

Length: 9.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1900)

Dating

1st Dynasty
Archaic
Circa -3000 BC - Circa -2890 BC

Materials used in production

Wood

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.47.1900
Primary reference Number: 49967

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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