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Altar, perhaps: GR.5.1938

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Current Location: Gallery 21

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Description

Cybele, box for containing ritual offerings

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.366 m
Height: 0.43 m
Width: 0.425 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Warren, George Alfred

Dating

Middle Roman
101 - 300

Materials used in production

Marble (Luna)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.5.1938
Primary reference Number: 69436
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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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