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Alabastron: GR.115.1864

Object information

Description

Alabastron, girl, woman with torches

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.187 m
Width: 0.058 m

Relative size of this object

5.8 cm18.7 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.

Place(s) associated

  • Athens ⪼ Attica ⪼ Greece

Find spot

  • Athens Attica Greece

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1864) by Leake, William Martin

Dating

Classical
-470 - 461 -460

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.115.1864
Primary reference Number: 65696
Oldmuseumnumber: G145
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 April 2015 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 (2020) "Alabastron" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/65696 Accessed: 2021-11-30 18:40:22

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/65696|title=Alabastron|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2021-11-30 18:40:22|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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