Ptah-Sokar-Osiris box: E.GA.551.1947

Current Location: In storage

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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris box

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Funerary equipment

Description

Ram horns, from Ptah-Sokaris figure

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.018 m
Height: 0.105 m
Width: 0.026 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1945) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.551.1947
Primary reference Number: 60918
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 September 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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