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Metal mirror
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.
Height: 0.2 m
Width: 0.175 m
Method of acquisition: Unknown (1912)
Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
Circa
-0700
BC
-
-0600
BC
Accession number: E.140.1921
Primary reference Number: 63494
Oldadmincategory: MW
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) "Metal mirror" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/63494 Accessed: 2024-12-18 23:01:31
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 23:01:31|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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