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Clay cup: E.126.1921

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 24

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Clay cup

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Description

Clay cup or beaker, with rounded base.

Clay cup or beaker, with a rounded base. Wheelmade from Nile silt clay and with a red coloured slip on the outside.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.091 m
Length: 0.123 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Griffith, F. Ll.

Dating

Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
-700 BCE - -601 BCE

Materials used in production

Clay

Techniques used in production

Wheelmade

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.126.1921
Primary reference Number: 52144
Oldadmincategory: P
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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