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Altar: GR.1a.1885

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Current Location: Gallery 21

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Description

Altar, round, with male figure in relief and bucrania and swags

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.77 m
Weight: 615 kg
Width: 0.63 m

Place(s) associated

  • Delos ⪼ Greek Islands

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1885) by Worsley, Thomas

Dating

Hellenistic
-0200 - -0001

Materials used in production

Marble (Parian? Naxian?)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.1a.1885
Primary reference Number: 66015
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 21 October 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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

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