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Lekanis: GR.30.1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Lekanis, heads of women on lid

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.06 m
Width: 0.115 m

Place(s) associated

  • Cumae ⪼ Campania ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Hellenistic
-0310 BCE - -0275 BCE

Components of the work

Lid Height 0.65 m Width 0.115 m

Materials used in production

Clay

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.30.1991
Primary reference Number: 70563
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 March 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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