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Bit, perhaps: GR.1b.1904

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Snaffle

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.047 m
Height: 0.027 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904)

Dating

Classical
-0400 BC - -0301 BC

Components of the work

Cylinder Ext. Diameter 0.038 m

Materials used in production

Bronze

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.1b.1904
Primary reference Number: 67803
Oldmuseumnumber: 04.1 McC 1718
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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