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Pyxis: GR.36.1896

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Pyxis, lid missing

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.152 m
Height: 0.079 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1896) by Gardner, E.A.

Dating

Early Iron Age
-800 BCE - -701 BCE

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.36.1896
Primary reference Number: 67121
Oldmuseumnumber: G23
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 1 December 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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