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Relief: ANE.43.1927

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Two Persian courtiers, one standing sideways, one standing frontally, with head turned back, grabbing each other's beards in greeting

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.71 m
Width: 0.42 m

Place(s) associated

  • Persepolis ⪼ Persia

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1927) by Morgan, J. Pierpont

Dating

Achaemenid
-0358 BCE - -0338 BCE

Materials used in production

Limestone

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.43.1927
Primary reference Number: 86837
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.43.1927
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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