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Tessera: ANE.17.1969

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Tessera, with two divine busts, disks and crescents and invocation to Bel, Shamoush and to the tribe of Zabdibal, Palmyrene

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.0065 m
Length: 0.015 m
Width: 0.022 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1969) by Reford, Robert W., Stamford, U.S.A.

Dating

Circa 101 - 200

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.17.1969
Primary reference Number: 87664
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.17.1969
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 12 January 2017 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

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

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