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Carnelian Gem
Partially carved carnelian gem showing the rulers Akhenaton and Nefertiti embracing their daughters. The gem is unfinished.
Showing the rulers Akhenaton and Nefertiti embracing their daughters. The gem is unfinished.
Depth: 0.6 cm
Length: 5.7 cm
Width: 3.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Circa
-1352
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Circa
-1336
Accession number: E.GA.4606.1943
Primary reference Number: 59058
Oldadmincategory: SS
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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