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Tile with foliage design: E.28.1927

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 20

Titles

Tile with foliage design

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Description

Tile fragment, with papyrus decoration. Such tiles were used in a variety of different domestic and religious contexts.

Measurements and weight

Length: 5.5 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1927)

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
Amarna period
Circa -1352 BC - Circa -1336 BC

Materials used in production

Faïence

Techniques used in production

Moulded

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.28.1927
Primary reference Number: 52469
Oldadmincategory: FG
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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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