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Calcite grinder
Whetstone (?), inscribed in hieratic with the name of the royal secretary Huy. Used for grinding pigments.
Length: 9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Circa
-1550
-
Circa
-1295
stone Calcite
Accession number: E.GA.3050.1943
Primary reference Number: 57480
Oldadmincategory: SA
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Calcite grinder" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/57480 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:52:51
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 15:52:51|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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