Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Roman marble cinerary chest
Cinerarium, decorated with bucrania and garlands, inscribed for Aelia Postumia and her husband
Depth: 0.415 m
Height: 0.46 m
Width: 0.455 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
(1850)
by
Disney, John, Dr
Early Roman
1
-
100
Carved
Accession number: GR.56.1850
Primary reference Number: 65527
Sketchfab model
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:
Deep zoom
UV
Mirador
3D view
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Roman marble cinerary chest"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/65527 Accessed: 2022-06-30 07:40:06
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/65527
|title=Roman marble cinerary chest
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-06-30 07:40:06|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center my-3">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant39/GR_56_1850_20_281_29.jpg"
alt="Roman marble cinerary chest"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Roman marble cinerary chest</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Accession Number: GR.52a.1850
Accession Number: GR.52.1952
Accession Number: GR.52b.1850
Accession Number: GR.53.1952
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
