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Unguent bottle stopper: E.GA.3531.1943

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Description

Forepart of lion and hand holding bowl into which unguent flowed when bottle was tilted

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.105 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

Circa -900 BCE - -801 BCE

Materials used in production

Steatite

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.3531.1943
Primary reference Number: 57960
Oldadmincategory: SA
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 April 2015 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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