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Small shrine door: E.5.1969

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Current Location: In storage

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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

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

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.5.1969
Primary reference Number: 62986

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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