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Limestone trial piece
Sculptors trial piece, human face, frontal. Thought to be a poorly executed and unfinished head of the god Bes.
Depth: 1 cm
Length: 8.9 cm
Width: 7.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Circa
-1550
-
Circa
-1295
Accession number: E.GA.4509.1943
Primary reference Number: 58960
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Limestone trial piece" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/58960 Accessed: 2024-11-25 05:07:17
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