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Clay vessel with ancient repair: E.GA.4667.1943

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Clay vessel with ancient repair

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Description

Beaker, with impressed dots filled with white and incised lines for decoration. There are holes which may have been used to repair a break or breaks using a metal dowelling.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.6 cm
Length: 14.9 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Badarian
Predynastic
Production date: circa 5000 BC

Materials used in production

Clay

Techniques used in production

Moulded

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4667.1943
Primary reference Number: 59119
Oldadmincategory: P
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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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