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Double headed axe, with incised zig-zag border
Depth: 0.005 m
Height: 0.0017 m
Width: 0.034 m
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1923)
Accession number: GR.139.1923
Primary reference Number: 88080
Oldadmincategory: I
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Cult object"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/88080 Accessed: 2022-05-18 14:26:57
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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/88080|title=Cult object|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-05-18 14:26:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center my-3"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant40/GR_139_1923_1.jpg" alt="Cult object" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Cult object</figcaption>> </figure> </div>
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