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Calcite grinder: E.GA.3050.1943

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

Titles

Calcite grinder

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Description

Whetstone (?), inscribed in hieratic with the name of the royal secretary Huy. Used for grinding pigments.

Measurements and weight

Length: 9 cm

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Circa -1550 - Circa -1295

Materials used in production

stone Calcite

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.3050.1943
Primary reference Number: 57480
Oldadmincategory: SA
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 21 October 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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