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Beads: E.40.1901

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Beads

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Description

String of green glazed cylinder beads

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1900)

Dating

6th Dynasty
Old Kingdom
-2345 BC - -2181 BC

Components of the work

String Length 44 cm

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.40.1901
Primary reference Number: 50322
Oldadmincategory: B
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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