Coffin: E.10a.1971

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Coffin

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Description

Shrine-coffin for bird, surmounted by Horus falcon

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.147 m
Length: 0.2175 m
Width: 0.05 m

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Find spot

Saqqara

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1971)

Dating

-0400 BC - -0301 BC

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

[Unknown: JEA 57 (1971)]

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.10a.1971
Primary reference Number: 63011
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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