Carved ivory box, with sliding lid

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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