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Small shrine door: E.5.1969

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Small shrine door

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Description

Door of small shrine depicting a man making offerings; bottom door hinge is present, top hinge missing; on the reverse is a demotic inked inscription.

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.184 m
Width: 0.0825 m

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1969)

Dating

Ptolemaic Period#
Production date: 200 BC

Components of the work

Surface composed of linen gesso

Materials used in production

Wood

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.5.1969
Primary reference Number: 62986
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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