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Carnelian Gem: E.GA.4606.1943

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Current Location: Exhibition: Made in Ancient Egypt, 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026 (20th Century Gallery)

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Carnelian Gem

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Description

Partially carved carnelian gem showing the rulers Akhenaton and Nefertiti embracing their daughters. The gem is unfinished.

Showing the rulers Akhenaton and Nefertiti embracing their daughters. The gem is unfinished.

Legal notes

Given by Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, Pasha, and Colonel Thomas Gayer Gayer-Anderson, 1943

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.6 cm
Length: 5.7 cm
Width: 3.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Circa -1352 - Circa -1336

Project

  • Egypt

Materials used in production

Carnelian

Techniques used in production

Carved

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4606.1943
Primary reference Number: 59058
Oldadmincategory: SS

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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