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Vessel neck: ANE.2.1997

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Fragment of neck of a vessel decorated with stylized figures (some moulded) including: a woman with infants wearing a head covering with red-brown paint on it, 4 smaller women with infants. The women all have detailed features and hair. The infants have pinched features.

Notes

History note: Erlenmeyer Collection

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.045 m
Height: 0.086 m
Width: 0.057 m

Relative size of this object

5.7 cm8.6 cm1 mm What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1997)

Dating

Iron Age
Circa -0800 BC - -0701 BC

Materials used in production

Clay

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.2.1997
Primary reference Number: 88010
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.2.1997
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 May 2021 Last processed: Saturday 15 May 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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