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Basalt statue fragment: E.GA.4525.1943

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Basalt statue fragment

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Description

Hand, left. The elongated fingers of this hand are typical of the Amarna period.

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Circa -1352 - Circa -1336

Materials used in production

stone Basalt

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4525.1943
Primary reference Number: 58976
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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