Box: E.15b.1907

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Box, decorated with animals, Bes figures and geometric patterns

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.126 m
Thickness: 0.021 m
Width: 0.512 m

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Find spot

Rifeh Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1907)

Materials used in production

Wood

References and bibliographic entries

Gizeh and Rifeh

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.15b.1907
Primary reference Number: 140746
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140746 Accessed: 2022-11-30 14:59:31

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            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-11-30 14:59:31|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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