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Faience jerboa
Faience jerboa with a white core and white and pale blue coating with brown detailing.
Jerboa: a tomb figure
Depth: 3.9 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1939)
by
Hornblower, G. D., OBE
Twelfth Dynasty
-1976
BCE
-
-1793
BCE
Accession number: E.279.1939
Primary reference Number: 53975
Oldadmincategory: FG
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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Accession Number: E.29.1940
Accession Number: GR.19.1890
Accession Number: E.GA.230.1947
Accession Number: E.35.1921
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