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Amulet: E.12.1940

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Amulet case, inscribed with triple suspension loop; originally for holding a papyrus containing an 'oracular amuletic decree'

Notes

History note: From the estate of T.H. Ormiston Pease

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.014 m
Height: 0.051 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Hanbury, D. H. T.

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Dd mdw in xnsw m wAst nft-Htp ir.n.f sA nfr [n] SAq, mAa-xrw
  • Location: Front
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.12.1940
Primary reference Number: 54340
Oldadmincategory: MW
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 31 January 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

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

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