Skip to main content

Beaker (vessel): E.GA.1497.1947

An image of Beaker (vessel)

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Entities

Categories

Description

Beaker, with black mouth

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.006 m
Diameter: 0.136 m
Height: 0.162 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1945) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

Nagada I & Predynastic period
Circa -4500 - -4000

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.1497.1947
Primary reference Number: 61521
Oldadmincategory: P
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 May 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Beaker (vessel)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/61521 Accessed: 2024-03-29 11:59:41

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/61521 |title=Beaker (vessel) |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 11:59:41|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-61521

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant49/E_GA_1497_1947_1_201807_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Beaker (vessel)"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Beaker (vessel)</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Bell Beaker

Accession Number: C.1.2-1958

Beaker (vessel)

Accession Number: GR.47.1982

Bell Beaker

Accession Number: C.1C-1958

Beaker (vessel)

Accession Number: GR.147h.1907

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...