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Name of Object:
Layard Freedom Casket
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Holding Institution:
The British Museum
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Date of Object:
1852
Inventory Number:
19760903.1
Provenance:
United Kingdom
Description:
A commemorative piece custom made to honour Austen Henry Layard. Layard was famous for excavating Nineveh. Closely modelled on the sculptures discovered by Layard.
Type of Object
Casket
Citation of this web page:
"Layard Freedom Casket" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;46;en
MWNF Working Number: UK 046
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