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Pyxis: GR.2.1921

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Pyxis, birds

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 0.146 m
Height: 0.115 m

Place(s) associated

  • Rhodes ⪼ Greek Islands

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Wace, Alan John Bayard

Dating

Classical
-500 - -401

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.2.1921
Primary reference Number: 68695
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 10 May 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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