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Basalt ceremonial plumb-bob
Plummet
Height: 15.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1949) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Ptolemaic Period
Circa
-0332
BCE
-
Circa
-0030
BCE
Accession number: E.GA.287.1949
Primary reference Number: 61985
Oldadmincategory: SA
GayerAnderson: IX.60
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Basalt ceremonial plumb-bob" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/61985 Accessed: 2024-11-04 18:35:29
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University of Cambridge}}
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