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Wooden coffin fragment: E.GA.3016.1943

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Wooden coffin fragment

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Description

A head-shaped decoration from a coffin. The hairstyle indicates that the subject was female and that this object dates to the late Ptolemaic to early Roman periods.

Measurements and weight

Height: 19.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major

Dating

Roman
-0030 - 50

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Carved

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.3016.1943
Primary reference Number: 57446
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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