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Askos: GR.55.1937

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Askos, with lion's head mouth

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.057 m
Width: 0.12 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Classical
-0400 BCE - -0301 BCE

Materials used in production

Clay

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.55.1937
Primary reference Number: 69344
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

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

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