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Roman glass jar, from Cyprus

Image attached to GR.118b.1876

An image of Vessel/ Jar/ Jar lid. Glass, mould-blown, AD 1-200. Early Roman Period. Find Spot: Idalion, Cyprus. Production Place: Eastern Mediterranean.

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Vessel/ Jar/ Jar lid. Glass, mould-blown, AD 1-200. Early Roman Period. Find Spot: Idalion, Cyprus. Production Place: Eastern Mediterranean.

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  • Accession Number: GR.118b.1876
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 75.16kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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1st Century 2nd Century AD antiquity blown glass Cypriot Early Roman Fitz_ANT glass green iridescent lidded Mediterranean Roman

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