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Carved ivory box, with sliding lid

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An image of Cosmetic Vessel. Box, with sliding lid. Ivory, carved, height, 0.008 m, length, 0.057 m, width 0.053 m, 1-100 AD. Early Roman period.

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Cosmetic Vessel. Box, with sliding lid. Ivory, carved, height, 0.008 m, length, 0.057 m, width 0.053 m, 1-100 AD. Early Roman period.

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  • Accession Number: GR.12.1980
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 70.13kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2013:10:21 15:42:31

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1st Century AD antiquity box box lid carved container cosmetic equipment cosmetica Early Roman Fitz_ANT Greek ivory lidded receptacle Roman vessel

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