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Clay horn-shaped vessel: E.7.1981

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Clay horn-shaped vessel

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Description

Horn for ointment; an imitation of a cow's horn in Nile silt ware with burnished red slip

Measurements and weight

Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 5.8 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981) by Wellcome Institute, the trustees of the

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Up to end of the reign of Tuthmosis III
-1479 BCE - -1425 BCE

Materials used in production

clay Ceramic

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.7.1981
Primary reference Number: 63187
Oldadmincategory: P
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 September 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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