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Oar-shaped slender piece of ebony(?) wood, with one end rounded and the other narrowing into a broken point.
The object is thin with the upper half having a tapered edge. At the top of the rounded edge is a break, which has created a 'hole', adjacent to a small vertical crack which partially runs down the object. A break is visible on the right side of the rounded portion of the wood causing a prominent flat edge. There is an inlaid inscription on the surface. The flat underside of the object is plain, and on the broken edge of the object is an attached label which reads '1272'.
Oar blade, inscribed
Length: 11.2 cm
Thickness: 0.7 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1955) by Elderton, William Palin, Sir
Accession number: E.29.1955
Primary reference Number: 62879
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Burial" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/62879 Accessed: 2025-03-25 16:44:02
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