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Copper alloy incense holder
Censer with Pharaoh Amasis kneeling before his own cartouche. The cartouche is a burner.
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Height: 39.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
26th Dynasty
Reign of Amasis
Circa
-0570
-
Circa
-0526
bronze Copper alloy
Accession number: E.13.1937
Primary reference Number: 53554
Oldadmincategory: MW
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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