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Jug: GR.24.1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Jug

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.11 m
Width: 0.031 m

Relative size of this object

3.1 cm11 cm1 mm What does this represent?

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.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Late Antique
201 CE - 400 CE

Materials used in production

Glass

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.24.1991
Primary reference Number: 70557
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 23 December 2014 Last processed: Sunday 21 March 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Jug" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/70557 Accessed: 2023-06-08 07:15:44

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