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Limestone block with sketch: E.589.1939

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Limestone block with sketch

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Description

Sculptors trial piece, forepart of an ox, black ink, red grid.

Measurements and weight

Length: 13 cm
Width: 20 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by G.D. Hornblower

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty#
New Kingdom
Circa -1550 - Circa -1069

Materials used in production

Limestone

Techniques used in production

Painted

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.589.1939
Primary reference Number: 54299
Oldadmincategory: SS
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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