Coffin element: E.35b.1930

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Coffin element

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Funerary equipment

Description

Eye, from coffin

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.015 m
Thickness: 0.006 m
Width: 0.04 m

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Matmar

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1930) by Brunton Expedition

References and bibliographic entries

Matmar

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.35b.1930
Primary reference Number: 140745
Oldadmincategory: M
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

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/140745 Accessed: 2023-06-09 23:55:37

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140745
            |title=Coffin element
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-09 23:55:37|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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