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Cloth-knife: E.2.1921

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

Titles

Cloth-knife

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Description

Knife, for cutting linen ?

Measurements and weight

Height: 20 cm
Width: 2.4 cm

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by British School of Archaeology

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
-1479 - -1425

Materials used in production

bronze Copper alloy

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.2.1921
Primary reference Number: 52015
Oldadmincategory: MW
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 November 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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