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Copper alloy figure of a metal worker

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Title/s	Copper alloy figure of a metal worker
Category	figure
Name	to be checked
Description	blacksmith. The worker holds a heavy bar to beat the heated metal, held in tongs.
Dimensions	depth 4.3 cm width 2.8 cm height 4.5 cm
Period	Late Period
Date	circa 664 B.C. — 332 B.C.
Documentation	Christie's Sale Catalogue, 8 December 1993 [page: ] [comments: ] Vassilika, E. (1995) Museum Acquisitions 1993 (1995) [page: 202] Source title: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (1995) [comments: pl.XVI.1] (1994) Fitzwilliam Museum, Annual Report 1993 , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Cambridge University Press (1994) Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: 13] (1999) Oxford: Griffith Institute [page: 745]
Material/s	copper alloy
Accession Number	E.2.1993 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 63557; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-13)

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Copper alloy figure of a metal worker