IDENTIFIERS
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id:	62270
accession number:	E.214.1954

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 19 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: ichneumon (mongoose), standing on hind legs. The ichneumon, also known as the Pharaoh's rat, was a furry 65cm animal with a 45cm tail, which lived in the papyrus thicket. It was prized as a controller of rodents and snakes. The ichneumon was also associated with the sun god.
title:	statuette

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/62270





TECHNIQUES
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cast (process)

CATEGORIES
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category: figure

DATING
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creation date:	333 - 3100
creation date earliest:	333
creation date latest:	3100
culture:	Ptolemaic Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 13.5



CITATIONS
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[Unknown: ILN 2 April 1955]
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