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Faience vessel: E.GA.4678.1943

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Faience vessel

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Description

Jar, white body with black marbling, imitating stone

Measurements and weight

Height: 8 cm
Width: 7.2 cm

Relative size of this object

7.2 cm8 cm What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Reign of Tuthmose III
-1550 - -1295

Materials used in production

banded Faïence

Techniques used in production

Mouldmade

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4678.1943
Primary reference Number: 59127
Oldadmincategory: P
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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