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Clay vessel
Jar, animal shaped, with two lug handles. thought to be in the form of a hedgehog.
Length: 14.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Nagada II & Predynastic period
Production date:
3500 BC
marl clay with red wash Ceramic
Accession number: E.GA.4330.1943
Primary reference Number: 58789
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Clay vessel" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/58789 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:19:20
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