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Limestone trial piece: E.GA.4509.1943

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Limestone trial piece

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Description

Sculptors trial piece, human face, frontal. Thought to be a poorly executed and unfinished head of the god Bes.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1 cm
Length: 8.9 cm
Width: 7.3 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Circa -1550 - Circa -1295

Materials used in production

Limestone

Techniques used in production

Carved

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4509.1943
Primary reference Number: 58960
Oldadmincategory: SS
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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