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Docket: E.15.1926

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 20

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Description

Tablet inscribed with the name of Djer, hole in one corner

Measurements and weight

Length: 3.2 cm
Length: 3.5 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1926)

Dating

1st Dynasty
Early Dynastic Period. Reign of Djer
Circa -3000 BC - Circa -2890 BC

Materials used in production

Ivory

Techniques used in production

Carved

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.15.1926
Primary reference Number: 52382
Oldadmincategory: W
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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