Fire-shovel: GR.164.1981

Current Location: In storage

Entities

Fire-shovel

Categories

Fire equipment

Description

Shovel, for embers

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.044 m
Length: 0.308 m
Width: 0.105 m

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Find spot

Israel

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981)

Dating

Early Roman
1 AD - 200 AD

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Principal acquisitions 1979-83

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.164.1981
Primary reference Number: 70147
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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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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Fire-shovel" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70147 Accessed: 2023-03-25 03:04:12

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            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70147
            |title=Fire-shovel
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-25 03:04:12|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

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