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Incantation bowl: ANE.25.1907

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Coarse yellow ware bowl, with magical inscription written inside in black ink in Aramaic

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.045 m
Width: 0.15 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1907) by through : Johns, C. H. W., Reverend

Dating

Production date: circa AD 700

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.25.1907
Primary reference Number: 86719
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.25.1907
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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