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Metal mirror: E.140.1921

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 24

Titles

Metal mirror

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Description

Copper alloy mirror.

Copper alloy mirror from grave 857 Sanam cemtery. Mirrors were used by people when alive but were also often found in graves. Copper alloy is the more accurate term for what we would usually call 'bronze'. The handle is missing.

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.2 m
Width: 0.175 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown (1912)

Dating

Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
Circa -0700 BC - -0600 BC

Materials used in production

Copper alloy

Techniques used in production

Cast (process)

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.140.1921
Primary reference Number: 63494
Oldadmincategory: MW
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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