IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150617
accession number:	E.181d.1921

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Faience amulet in the form of double lion. Lions in Nubia and Egypt represented the king and strength. It is possible that here the pair represent a pair of lion cubs. The two appear to look towards each other. From the treasury at Sanam and probably left as a dedication there.
object type: Glazed amulet in the form of a double lion.
title:	amulet

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150617





TECHNIQUES
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mouldmade

CATEGORIES
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category: jewellery

DATING
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creation date:	701 - 601
creation date earliest:	701
creation date latest:	601
culture:	Meroitic
culture:	Third Intermediate period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: m
value: 0.016



IMAGES

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format: jpeg
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width: 760 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
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width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
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width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
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width: 250 pixels


surrogate: large
format: jpeg
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surrogate: original
format: jpeg
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width: 760 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
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