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Stone relief
Stone relief, with uraei (cobras).
Fragment of a stone relief, probably from a doorway or shrine. A row of cobras (uraei) decorate the top and offered protection. the object was excavated and had been re-used in a wall dating to around AD 1528-1811. The relief originally dates to the Ptolemaic or Roman periods and is wholly Egyptian in style.
Depth: 0.108 m
Length: 0.173 m
Width: 0.122 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Egypt Exploration Society
Ptolemaic Period#
Roman
-250
BCE
-
100
CE
Accession number: E.54.1984
Primary reference Number: 63333
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Stone relief" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/63333 Accessed: 2024-11-02 19:44:13
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