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Coffin element: E.Misc.83c

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Description

Eye, from a mummy case, blue

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.016 m
Thickness: 0.004 m
Width: 0.041 m

Relative size of this object

4.1 cm1.6 cm4 mm What does this represent?

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.Misc.83c
Primary reference Number: 140738
Oldadmincategory: Misc
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Saturday 15 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Coffin element" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140738 Accessed: 2023-06-07 23:48:07

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