Stone jar: E.100.1921

View image details Use this image

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Current Location: Gallery 24

Titles

Stone jar

Entities

Description

Stone jar, with two lug handles

Alabaster jar or alabastron, which served as an oil container or perfume pot. There are two small lug handles on the shoulders and a band forming the rim. The bottom is rounded. From grave 767 in the Sanam cemetery.

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.1 m

Find spot

Meroe Sudan

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Oxford Expedition to Nubia

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.100.1921
Primary reference Number: 52119
Oldadmincategory: S
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Stone jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/52119 Accessed: 2024-04-19 09:00:54

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/52119
            |title=Stone jar
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-19 09:00:54|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-52119

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant2/E_100_1921_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Stone jar"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Stone jar</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>