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Stamp seal: ANE.31.1987

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Steatite button seal incised on back with pattern of concentric circles and lines lines and on the flat underside with a repeated design of an animal and a bird over a wavy base line

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.11 m
Width: 0.025 m

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1987) by Hammond, Hermione France Etheldreda SW5

Dating

-2000 BCE - -1001 BCE

Materials used in production

Steatite

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.31.1987
Primary reference Number: 87997
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.31.1987
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 21 December 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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