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Calcite vulture vessel
Jar, broad shouldered, with ring foot, handle formed by two vultures carved in relief on the jar body.
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 9.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
Middle Kingdom
-1976
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-1794
Accession number: E.54.1937
Primary reference Number: 53600
Oldadmincategory: S
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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